8 swords combination. General meaning and interpretation of the tarot card Eight of Swords. General state of finances and trends
Traditionally a negative, unpleasant card, indicating getting into a very difficult situation. Falling into perspective, the Eight of Swords warns that things will go the wrong way, and it will be difficult to get out of this situation. This is a very clear warning that things may go the wrong way, meet with some kind of obstacles. As a result, the questioner runs the risk of getting into unpleasant circumstances, feeling driven into a corner and severely limited in freedom of decision-making. The map can be both a warning and a description unpleasant situation which has already arrived.
This is a map of restrictions. It describes the states of being bound, entangled, helpless, all those situations when a person does not feel free and cannot live the way he likes. Sometimes the Eight of Swords falls at a time when life is pressing from all sides, tangled circumstances do not allow you to do at least something as you would like, and you constantly have to give up your own desires and things dear to your heart. Other cards may suggest what it is and whether it is worth it.
Perhaps the most striking topic that the Eight of Swords raises, no matter what the question is, is that a person has allowed absolutely everything to be controlled by someone else. He gave away power, gave away strength, became a hostage to what someone else does or does not do and does not expect anything from himself, as if nothing in this world depended on him. Why? What makes you do it? After all, it shouldn't be like that.
The card is a clear indicator of incarceration, sometimes quite literally. This must be taken into account if the situation on which the alignment is made is fraught with such a risk (for example, we are talking about some kind of scam - in this case it is useful to remember that the Eight is a continuation of the Seven of Swords). This may be getting into a delicate situation associated with compromising evidence and blackmail. In a simpler version, the Eight of Swords describes well getting stuck in a traffic jam. In combination with other negative cards, the Eight of Swords can warn of illness or injury.
Sometimes deprivation of liberty turns out to be rather internal - we are forced to agree with something, pay for the mistakes made, admit and atone for our guilt, stepping on the throat of “our own song”. This card raises the question of who is in charge in this situation, who controls it, and who really determines its outcome.
Through the Eight of Swords, disapproval, criticism, slander, slanderous discussion and condemnation pass, where a person becomes a victim, "humiliated and insulted" at the pillory. In a similar way to the Eight of Swords, he also feels in the "system", an extremely bureaucratic organization with regulations (for example, faced with the judiciary or even the healthcare system).
The Eight of Swords emphasizes the temporary nature of troubles. This situation can be avoided, prevented or resolved on your own. The best thing about this card is that it contains the potential for release.
Constricted and depressed.
"Your own enemy." The state of impotence and indecision, lack of freedom and fear, "psychological stupor". The personality does not develop because it is afraid of mistakes and the consequences of its activity. Doubt and fear of making the wrong choice "blind". A person prefers to remain immobile, withdraws from making decisions and concrete actions, and hopes that someone from outside will decide everything for him.
The Eight of Swords is like obsession, which excludes all alternatives from the head. As a rule, it is simply impossible to act in such a state; this is a card of self-paralysis, enslavement. All attempts to act in any other way meet with great resistance. The Eight of Swords shows that we ourselves suppress some part of our personality. Often these are internal barriers or prohibitions that we usually set ourselves, but we prefer to find their cause in environment. Such a typical position "Yes, but ..." ("I would love to do such and such, but ...", "I would really like to have such and such, but ... , "I would be glad to become so-and-so, but ...").
At the same time, the only obstacle on the way to these things is actually the unwillingness to take a step for your own good. This card shows us that those restrictions, difficulties and prohibitions that we feel as a hindrance do not belong to the outside world, but only reflect our own fears (it is no coincidence that the next Arcana is the “panic attacks” of the Nine of Swords). Although sometimes it can only be a temporary renunciation of something or a voluntary restriction based on completely reliable information, the Eight of Swords usually points us to blocks that need to be overcome and prohibitions that need to be overcome.
And then to each his own. The surrounding cards can give a hint, and often the topic of the question itself. In general, the Eight of Swords always puts on the look of work on oneself - what is behind the fear to declare openly about one's desires, voluntary self-restraint?
Banzhaf and Akron emphasize anxiety, foreboding, exaggeration of the significance of problems, and inner turmoil. Blocks of thinking can be expressed both in its randomness and dogmatism. Shyness, timidity, fear of being the center of attention.
Sometimes the card describes a slandered, disgraced person, or simply being in a humiliated (compared to usual) position. Sometimes a feeling of abandonment and vulnerability comes to the fore, complete loneliness in the face of a cruel fate, less often self-destructive behavior. In any case, do not underestimate the suffering and feelings of powerlessness associated with this card.
This card has something in common with the Hanged Man, and it also has a motif of sacrifice, bringing something to the altar, recognition and redemption. According to the Eight of Swords, we sacrifice ourselves in one form or another, act against our natural will, endure, humble ourselves, capitulate, ascend the scaffold to undergo some kind of execution. The meaning of this card, which often manifests itself, is retribution for mistakes, a kind of semi-ritual "spanking of the guilty."
Perhaps willpower and firmness are facing too destructive an influence. But most often this influence is represented by doubts and internal conflicts, which do not allow taking a single step towards the goal. Restraint and control are good when they help you achieve what you want, but here there is an opposite effect.
Archetypally, the Eight of Swords is a lady in trouble, waiting for a knight-savior and in no way agreeing to save herself. Perhaps she really does not have any resources for this. Eight swords stuck vertically into the ground symbolize limiting, restraining, hindering thoughts. They are like a border that cannot be broken.
However, between them there is a clear passage, a path, they do not at all hopelessly "lock" their victim. But a person does not see this path, because, in addition, he is blindfolded. It is important that this figure has much more possibilities than it seems. The main thing on the map is not the absence of a way out, but the fact that a person is not looking for it! Although the water under your feet (a symbol of the subconscious) hints that a way out can be found, moreover, with the help of feelings and reason, and not in a rational way.
The state of "I want to but I can not." A person is “pulled out of the wheel”, alienated from habitual behavior, severely limited in his abilities and paying for mistakes. The traditional allegory of the card is captivity, imprisonment, and here its connection with the XII house of karmic retribution is visible. Just as consciousness is structured in a dream, so in the states described by the XII house, karmic memory is structured.
From a waking perspective, sleep can be a tragedy, but overall, there's nothing to worry about. In a spiritual sense, the Eight of Swords speaks of a slowdown in development, however, our global goals and achievements remain the same and are not questioned. Limited power can be both a hindering factor and a saving factor. There is an analysis and evaluation of their actions, the return of the old debt. It is a map of memory and deep reflection. One of the esoteric correspondences of the Eight of Swords is sacrifice. Allegorically, the Arcana depicts a sacrifice brought to the altar of fate, which echoes the ancient mysteries and rituals, during which an immaculate maiden was sacrificed to the gods.>1
Logically, the Eight of Swords follows the Seven, which is not clean at hand. In this sense, the card indicates that a person succumbed to the temptation of certain opportunities, misunderstood some life situations or directed his activity (the scarlet robe of a bound woman also hints at this), and for the time being will not move further. Metaphysical force collides with the passive resistance of inert matter (hence the feeling that the soul is entangled and captivated by the bonds of matter, an alien dense body).
In the occult sense, the Eight of Swords reflects the "web" of total relationships and the connection of time and space. If the Four of Swords is a cell, a closed room, then the Eight of Swords is a labyrinth deployed in space, but just as closed, where the Minotaur is waiting. You need the thread of Ariadne to get out of there (knowledge of the karmic Law on the sequence of actions). Until true inner freedom is gained, man will not see outer liberation.
Looking at the map, one might get the impression that the woman managed to get out of the fortress that rises behind, but cannot use her newfound freedom: it seems to her that she is still a prisoner, that dangers lie in wait for her at every step. However, the sky on the map is clear; if you look closely, you can see that the fetters that bind a woman are weak, and she can easily get rid of them. And there are no swords in her way - they all stand aside. It would seem that the only task is to throw off the fetters, feel free and boldly go forward! But it was not there.
It's really not that simple here. In the Eight of Swords, the pillory motif is strong. A person who misbehaves according to the Seven of Swords may face censure and condemnation, his reputation may be damaged, he may face criminal prosecution, go to jail, and so on. But all this can happen on a different, non-public, invisible level. As a result of wrong actions, the karmic status worsens, a person is condemned by the “court of fate” (and it’s not for nothing that the words have a single root) and receives retribution in the form of incomprehensible restrictions that can affect the most different parties his life.
It is believed that in upright position in the Eight of Swords, the influence of the Virgin is felt, and the influence is in the sharpest, sharpest form - criticism, biased judgments, meticulous control, censure, labeling, distortion and profanity of words. Interestingly, the map depicts rather a victim of such behavior (“at the pillory”).
The card is also related to the first decade of Gemini (which, like Virgo, is ruled by Mercury). The sign of Gemini symbolizes the change of thoughts and the transformation of the human intellect as a whole, occurring at the moment of active interaction of consciousness with external material reality. All three decades of Gemini are ruled by fiery planets - Jupiter, Mars and the Sun, and the intellect of this sign is always full of energy, aimed at finding new paths. Representatives of the first decade, first of all, are looking for new possibilities of thought in the field of inner vision, through mental imagination. This decade symbolizes the loftiness of the mind, the spontaneity of its movement and unexpected metamorphoses. In addition to Jupiter, which gives her search confidence and the desire to rely on spiritual traditions, the ruler of the first decade of Gemini is Neptune, which can, by blurring the boundaries of thought, make it changeable and unstable.
Mystery, in contact with consciousness, creates intellectual inspiration. But this is exactly the situation when the mind, devoid of previous guidelines, has to overcome the contradiction inherent in thought itself: the duality between the images that consciousness finds in the external world, and how it perceives them. In a broader sense, this decade symbolizes the barriers and limitations of the surrounding world, which the human consciousness is forced to overcome.
The tarot card depicts a figure with hands tied and blindfolded, standing between eight swords forming a barrier. Water on the path indicates the power of the subconscious, and the castle in the background speaks of past achievements. Consciousness left the clarity of its free vision (the built castle behind) and plunged into the contradictory matters binding it. Having dared to comprehend the outside world and renouncing the old attitudes and claims to knowledge, the mind became a prisoner of the surrounding reality. He blindly goes towards the unknown, but a true inner understanding of things helps him overcome obstacles.
Jupiter in Gemini also describes the mental turmoil and distraction that distracts from the pursuit of true knowledge and higher goals.
Light and shadow (advice and caution)
Tip: Tighten your belt and limit yourself in some way. The situation requires humility and humility. If we want to do something to correct it, now the inner blindness and inability to understand ourselves and others is such that it will become an insurmountable obstacle to moving forward. It's best to leave things alone for now and let them develop on their own. It's not time to open up yet. The repression of feelings and desires is necessary for the time being. At the same time, it is necessary to realize the destructive tendencies that prevent the manifestation of willpower. Sometimes, by changing our attitude towards something, we can noticeably change life in general.
Warning: most of the problems are contrived. The sleep of reason breeds monsters. All obstacles are only in the brain, and our worst enemy is ourselves. It is very difficult to break through the fetters of laziness, fear and illusions in order to get out of a defenseless state and passive expectation of salvation. No one can save a person from himself. In any case, it makes sense to test all the locks for strength - the chamber opens easier than it seems.
The card says that a person has to go through a thorny path. He encounters some obstacles in the performance of his professional tasks. This may be his own fear and lack of competence, but there may also be something organizational - an unclear terms of reference, or a system in which it is impossible to sneeze without the permission of the boss, or the activity is regulated by so many rules, amendments and comments to them, what the hell will break your leg. Poor organization of work, a lot of time is wasted.
The drop of this card is a kind of bad news. Often she describes an element of confrontation between colleagues, a conflict at work, but hidden, not outwardly manifested in skirmishes and insults. A person is “clamped” at work, not allowing them to fully show their abilities. Sometimes he himself is aware of his ignorance, gaps in education, lack of competence. The inability to defend their rights.
Professionally, the card is related to the system of courts and prisons, activities in specific conditions, where a person is simply lost, feels like a grain of sand.
Another of its meanings is a waste of energy, futile efforts, the prospect of staying in front of closed door. Lack of work or work that makes the person feel bound hand and foot.
Cramped. A situation where a person cannot afford much, because there is no money for it. This is the starvation diet card. Sometimes this is due to the desire to save up for something.
The card speaks of possible financial losses, bad news regarding money matters, a shortage of funds. Procrastination, inconsistency, inconsistency may also be their cause. own actions and the influence of others. One of the ancient meanings is the loss of money, theft. Also - trial, litigation.
Dead end, a situation in which hands are tied. Bonded contracts, impossible financial obligations, difficulties with the return of debts. The impossibility of "pulling out" the money invested at interest. Traditionally, the Eight of Swords indicates unjustified risk, naivety, ignorance in financial matters as the cause of problems.
At the same time, there are such interpretations of the Eight of Swords as a reasonable order material resources, success due to one's own foresight or forethought.
The Eight of Swords serves as a clear indicator of a crisis in a relationship. They hang by a thread. In all likelihood, this is a hidden or currently unresolvable conflict (because at least one of the parties does not want to take a step in an alternative direction, or rather, “cannot”). Inconsistency of actions and needs, resulting in a feeling that one is in the way of the other. There is no need to talk about the joy and sincerity of feelings here, misunderstanding, intractability, mutual attacks, false helplessness, unwillingness to consider possible options solutions. Attempts to fight family prohibitions, restrictions and taboos that deprive the feeling of freedom can be described by other cards.
Crowley emphasizes the death of relationships through the fault of a third party (his card is called "Intervention"). But most authors still agree that fear and fear of perseverance, isolation in oneself push back happiness.
Sometimes the Eight of Swords describes an "unequal" relationship in which one person is essentially a hostage in the hands of another.
Not so rarely, the card describes a state of isolation and loneliness, which the person himself feels as hopeless, "life behind glass."
In reality, he usually does not take any active steps to change something. "Sleeping Beauty", regardless of gender, is waiting (and this is not yet a fact!) Initiatives from the other side, not wanting to take a step herself. Behind this, in addition to shyness and self-doubt, lies a complete lack of real interest in other people (this usually comes to a person with difficulty, since in full accordance with the principle of projection, he is inclined to believe that no one is interested in him). Solitude and isolation can actually be different, but in the semantic field of this particular Arcana, they are closely connected with indecision, helplessness and shyness. One of highlights, symbolized by the blindfold on the eyes of the figure, is the unwillingness to open your eyes at least a little, to notice people in the world around you, to learn to perceive them, to be aware of how they feel.
Sexual complexes, an abundance of internal fears and prohibitions, constrained by illusions and an unconscious readiness to become a victim.
The feeling of abandonment is also associated with this card.
The Eight of Swords binds hands and feet, therefore it serves as an indicator of illness and injury, “imprisonment” at home (less often in a hospital), the need to reduce the usual rhythm of life, to abandon planned activities. An unpleasant weakness. But, unlike the Four of Swords, which usually lay down seriously and for a long time, the problems described by the Eight of Swords are temporary. It is believed that with appropriate precautions, a person can avoid them altogether.
Injuries, fractures, anything that requires dressings.
An unwanted pregnancy is possible.
Energy blocks.
Sometimes - "captivity" of mental illness (for example, obsessive-compulsive disorder). The card makes you think about consulting a psychologist to identify fears and overcome some barriers, especially in communication.
Vision problems.
Certainty in the interpretation of this card is clearly lacking. It is traditionally believed that action is rather positive - freedom of action opens up, fears are groundless, the period of restrictions is close to an end, fate is not so inexorable, and it turns out to agree with fate. Inventiveness, entrepreneurial spirit. "A ray of light in a dark kingdom", some kind of success in the midst of trouble. The person, as it were, removes the bandage from his eyes and takes the first steps.
Reversed, the Eight of Swords can indicate past betrayal, hardship, hard work, depression, a depressed state of mind, anxiety, an accident, an unforeseen situation, a confrontation (usually unexpected or from an unexpected side).
All cases where one decides for the other.
With the Jester - the madness of a family member.
With the Knight of Wands - an unexpected departure.
With the Magician - the action of the Eight of Swords is weakened, a feeling of strength and understanding of the essence of what is happening comes.
Hierophant - softens the effect of the card.
With the Chariot - the action of the Eight of Swords is weakened, as the Chariot symbolizes dynamics, control and great self-confidence.
Hermit - enhances the effect of the card.
With the Wheel of Fortune - nothing terrible and unpleasant.
With the Devil - a bad combination, extremely intensifying confusion and restrictions, fetters.
Tower - enhances the effect of the card.
With the Moon - complete confusion, lack of clarity.
With the Two of Wands, the action of the Eight of Swords is weakened, indecision and fear are replaced by confidence and strength. But there is also the opposite!
With the Ten of Swords - "flawed mentality" (according to Guggenheim), the philosophy of impotence.
With the Three of Pentacles - competence, planning, the action of the Eight of Swords is weakened.
With the Nine of Pentacles - professional failure (according to Guggenheim).
King of Cups - softens the effect of the card.
Flying Dutchman
Minotaur Labyrinth
A detail that is rarely noticed when analyzing this map is the distant castle. How the girl relates to this castle is completely incomprehensible. What has always surprised me about this card is the sloppiness the girl is associated with. It seems that it is enough for her to move her shoulders for the towel to fall at her feet.
Also noteworthy is the bandage over her eyes. We saw the bandage on the 2 of Swords card. Sometimes you can find an opinion in the literature that the same woman is depicted on 2 and 8 of Swords. Stuart Kaplan in the third volume of the Tarot Encyclopedia gives a very sad story how the girl is captured. But I did not find any evidence that this story matches Waite's ideas.
Keywords
- Restrictions
- stiffness
- The crisis
- Criticism
- Deprivation of liberty
- Depression
Key Ideas
- Inferiority complex
- An obstacle in making a decision
- Diffidence
- Chained by fear
Basic meaning
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Surprisingly, Waite does not have the meaning of "captivity". He describes the card as an indication of bad news, intense grief, violence, and conflict. Perhaps the closest thing to "captivity" may be the disease he mentioned.
waite leads the following values cards of 8 (Eight) Tarot Swords in reversed position: anxiety, difficulties, enmity, accident and catastrophe.
The modern meanings of the map differ from those proposed by Waite. The main emphasis in them is the inability to act according to own desires. Either your actions are blocked, or you act out of an understanding of your duty, orders and other abstract entities that force you to certain actions.
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Meaning in relationships
Open - closed card
8 of Swords is a very closed card. Man rigidly divides the world into external and internal. Goes into the inner world, not wanting to deal with the outside.
Relationship Intensity
In this card, a person does not allow himself to be drawn into foreign relations. Accordingly, it is impossible to speak about their intensity. But even in inner experiences, the Eight of Swords indicates a tendency to reduce their intensity as much as possible.
Map as a scenario of relationships: love, family, relatives, work
This is a forced relationship. Relationships against the will of man. There is nothing pleasant in maintaining and developing such relationships. But there is no way to interrupt them. For example, parental overprotection. And the person does not want to develop relations with parents, but can no longer endure this overprotection.
The meaning of the 8 (Eight) Tarot Swords in relationships and love indicates that it is often a haunted object. For example, Daphne from the myth of Daphne and Apollo.
- One option is an unloved child who no one cares about
- The second option is a child, to whom, on the contrary, incredibly high demands
- One of the partners uses the other for humiliation and insults
- When a son-in-law is forced to live with his mother-in-law simply because there is no money to rent an apartment. "In a strange house and a cat, bow"
In any case, this is one of the options for dependent or co-dependent relationships.
In a working relationship, the card indicates that a person does not feel involved in a common cause. Moreover, the card may indicate an internal protest in relation to what a person is forced to do. Usually the case ends in silent sabotage. There is no bright rebellion and desperate resistance in this map.
Combined with the Major Arcana
8 of Swords combined with the Major Arcana
- Eight of Swords Tarot combined with the card: Overcome inner limitations
- in combination with the card : The period of inactivity will end soon
- in combination with the card: Prolonged captivity
Psychological condition
8 of Swords indicates the detachment of a person, detachment from the outside. A kind of "internal emigration". In 8 of Swords, a person is forced to deal with an external that is very unpleasant for him. Moreover, in a situation where he cannot avoid contact with this external. All stages of denial have already been passed. Most likely, this is a patient wait - when, finally, all this will end.
Combined with the suit of Wands
8 of Swords combined with the suit of Staves
- in combination with a map : Use limitations as opportunities
- combined with the card : To be a hostage of one's place
- combined with the card: Feel trapped in the past
Significance in matters of health
The card is associated with restrictions. A disease that makes a person captive, such as diabetes and dependence on insulin injections.
Maximum load limit. Bed rest, sometimes - bandages or supporting corset. Rigid diet.
The condition is stable, there are no improvements either for better or for worse. But the disease severely limits a person compared to his usual state.
Combined with the suit of Cups
8 of Swords combined with the suit of Cups
- combined with the card: Do nothing, hoping for improvement
- in combination with a map : Limit yourself to a single route
- combined with the card: Feel obliged to smile at everyone
Business and finance, professional activities
Stability, manageability, controllability
The situation is stubbornly hopeless. There is simply no way out of it. Control over the situation is with external forces.
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We are not talking about increasing income, we must try to maintain what we have. A prison break is not out of the question, but the card emphasizes that it is possible to survive and even improve your condition while in captivity. Naturally, in comparison with other prisoners. You can also become a voluntary hostage of a credit banking system, but this will not increase income, but only consolidate your servitude. No matter how you change your attitude to the situation, you cannot change it yourself.
General state of finances and trends
There is very little money. You repay debts, and crumbs are left for you, so as not to starve to death and ... take a new loan. The card is very slow: this negative state seems to last forever. Hopelessness.
Positive and negative impact of the card on income
You are in captivity, external or internal, what is the positive here? Absolutely everything that surrounds you hinders the receipt of income. There is a certain similarity with: you don’t like the job so much that no payment can compensate for the nervous costs.
And yet, these limitations force a person to focus on what is happening inside him. This can be a very cruel lesson in humility in life, and someone will become embittered, and someone will be tempered. He will be able to discard everything superficial, superfluous, and learn a lesson.
This situation is not similar to the situation, it is forced, not voluntary, but the result can be the same as with voluntary asceticism.
When it comes to the 8 Swords Tarot card - the meaning can confuse even a talented fortuneteller with great experience. This card really has a multifaceted meaning, but it is quite possible to deal with it and interpret it in a layout.
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8 of Swords Tarot - meaning in a broad sense
Eight of Swords upright says that you do not need to consider yourself helpless and weak. The fortuneteller must boldly go forward, there are no obstacles in his path. Now he feels like a man who has fallen into a trap or a prisoner. However, this captivity is unlikely to last long and, most likely, it was created by the questioner himself.
In addition, the meaning of the Eight of Tarot Swords lies in self-restraint due to fears, insecurity and indecision. Your beliefs prevent you from going beyond the trap that you have driven yourself into. Without moving forward, you cannot emerge victorious from this situation. When divining for health, this card can mean weakness or the onset of illness, as well as paralysis or other restrictions caused by diseases and injuries.
Sometimes the card talks about the voluntary rejection of something or some kind of temporary restrictions. The fortuneteller perfectly understands the reasons that served as these restrictions, he is not a victim of deception and is aware of all aspects of his decision.
Upside down the value of 8 of Swords warns against active actions. Now it is better to wait for a more favorable moment for further movement towards the goal. An inverted card says that your fears will disappear, and there are no more restrictions.
Tarot - 8 of Swords in the layouts for business and work
The meaning of the Eight Swords of the Tarot in divination for work lies in the fact that the fortuneteller is forced to suppress certain aspects of his personality. Work or business does not allow you to reveal your talents, to show some qualities of character. Sometimes it's a lack of time or stress that interferes with the plans of the questioner.
If the questioner knows that the existing restrictions are only a temporary phenomenon, they will have to come to terms with. When the time comes, they can be forgotten, but the current circumstances are such that you will have to give up something in favor of benefits, promotions or other advantages.
If work-related restrictions are becoming permanent, there is something to think about. In this case, the card gives advice to allow yourself more freedom for other activities and recreation. If this is not possible, it is worth changing jobs, otherwise the restrictions will haunt you throughout your life.
Eight of Swords Tarot - meaning in relationships
The main meaning in the relationship of the 8 Tarot Swords is the suppression of some part of the fortuneteller's personality. You hide it because you are afraid to show your partner something that you think might push him away. You fear the disapproval or disappointment of your loved one. As a result, some part of your personality does not receive his attention.
The map recommends that you quickly part with the frames you have created. They will not lead to anything but conflicts, dissatisfaction and, as a result, quarrels. Resolve the created situation and get rid of internal suppression.
The value in the relationship of the Eight of Swords, if this card falls to a lonely person, indicates that he is not yet ready for a relationship. You cannot now accept all the pros and cons of the union, as well as open up to the person whom you will consider as a life partner. In order to improve your personal life, create the prerequisites for the appearance right person and happiness will not keep you waiting long.
Eight of Swords Tarot - meaning at the level of consciousness
You can describe in one word the meaning of the Tarot card Eight of Swords - locked up. She says that a person himself suppresses a certain side of his personality. Most often, these are self-exposed boundaries and barriers. A person usually tries to look for their cause in anything, but not in himself.
Often this card means the tyranny of the mind, which does not allow feelings to be expressed. Your emotions are under tight control. You try to control all desires and goals, but at the same time keep feelings under control.
Sometimes the Eight of Swords falls to people who have already realized their inner limits and are trying to work on eliminating them. They are encouraged to continue working in the same direction.
What personalities does the Eight of Swords Tarot represent?
The 8 of Swords Tarot card represents a person who is too weak to stand up for himself. He is indecisive. The illusions of this personality hinder its further development, but it is not enough to get out of the captivity of willpower.
In addition, the Eight of Swords represents the blind, deaf, or other people with physical disabilities. This could be a prisoner who is currently in prison, as well as a person who is trapped in a relationship and limited by their partner. He feels cornered, caught in the heat, going in an endless circle.
inverted the card characterizes the person about whom the cards ask, as breaking free and getting rid of all restrictions. This may be a prisoner released from prison or a person who has severed the relationship that binds him - there are many options.
Eight of Swords Tarot - meaning in combination with other cards
The Tarot card of 8 Swords in combination with other cards can tell about the nature of the restrictions under the influence of which the fortuneteller or the object of fortune-telling is under the influence. So, with she talks about the promise by which he is bound. C - about alcohol addiction and the inability to live without idle pastime. The combination of the Eight Swords of the Tarot says that a person lives in the past, he seems to be stuck in it and does not find the strength to change this situation.
The combination with the Four of Wands speaks of the framework created by a certain agreement or regulation. With the Five of Wands, the Eight of Swords predicts that going beyond will become or regularly becomes a cause of conflict. The combination with the Two of Swords speaks of restraining emotions, and with the Four of Swords - of imprisonment.
With the Eight of Cups, this card predicts an escape from restrictions. With Judgment or Peace, she promises freedom, going beyond the limits, the end of the crisis. In combination with the Ace of Wands, Eight Swords foreshadows the insight and understanding of the framework into which the fortuneteller has driven himself or who is being divined.
In general, the Eight of Swords card almost always means restrictions - created by a fortuneteller or imposed by someone from his environment. It can warn against action or encourage them - it all depends on the position of the card and the interpretation of nearby cards.
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The card layout significantly affects the interpretation of fortune telling. The Eight of Tarot Swords in combination with the Major and Minor Arcana can change a positive prediction into a negative one.
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The Eight of Swords tarot card belongs to the Minor suits. Her element is Air.
General value cards - uncertainty, fear of responsibility and fear of punishment. Arkan promises missed opportunities.
The Eight of Swords in combination with other Tarot cards has a special interpretation, but it does not change its meaning depending on the position.
Combination with Major Arcana
Major arcana change their positive value on the negative under the influence of this card.
Major Arcana | Direct position | Reversed position |
Jester | Mental disorders | Split personality |
Jester, inverted | Fear of the inevitable | Escape from reality to a fictional world |
Mage | Abuse of authority | Illegal seizure of property by the authorities |
Mage, inverted | Tightening the rules | Resource limitation |
High Priestess | Lack of intuition | Prejudices, outdated doctrines |
High Priestess, reversed | — | Disrespect from colleagues |
empress | Weak results | Denial of financial support |
Empress reversed | Excessive emotionality in financial matters | Debt, fear of loss |
Emperor | Demotion | Dismissal due to conflicts with superiors |
Emperor reversed | — | Workplace scam |
Hierophant | Voice of conscience | Absence of shame, delight in iniquity |
Hierophant, reversed | public censure | Manipulation of feelings |
lovers | Dominance of one of the partners | Abyss in a relationship |
Lovers inverted | Ownership | An attempt to take a step forward will end in failure. |
Chariot | Surrender to chance | Great responsibility |
Chariot upside down | Fear of making decisions | Error in legal papers |
Justice | Confiscation of property | Imprisonment |
Justice upside down | Arrest for hooliganism | Ship red tape |
Hermit | Fear of being alone | Outcast |
Hermit reversed | social phobia | Attempting to establish communication will turn into ridicule |
Wheel of Fortune | The hopelessness of the future | Luck is on the side of the enemy |
Wheel of Fortune reversed | Bad career choice | — |
Strength | Responsibility fatigue | Drug addiction, bad habits |
Power inverted | Weakness of spirit | Apathy |
Hanged | The duality of the situation | The collapse of illusions |
Hanged, upside down | Fear of tomorrow | thoughts of death |
Death | Reluctance to die unknown | Hope for tomorrow |
Death upside down | — | Fear of own death |
Moderation | Confident overcoming challenges | Breach of contract |
Temperance inverted | Gradual rejection of dogmas | Punishment for hasty decisions |
Devil | Alcoholism and drugs | Desire for revenge |
Devil, upside down | Weak willpower | — |
Tower | Restriction of free thought | Restraining factors will help you realize yourself |
Tower upside down | Destruction of your body | Refusal to help others |
Star | The aimlessness of life | Difficult conversation with superiors |
star inverted | Payback for past mistakes | Impossible Request |
moon | Confusion in life | Loss important person shake the world |
Moon inverted | Hatred towards loved ones | Hysteria, victim complex |
The sun | Let go of past mistakes | Life with a clean slate |
sun inverted | Deserved punishment, public censure | Envy |
Court | Long-awaited victory | Strengthening the spirit |
Judgment upside down | Way out of the crisis | — |
Peace | Break all limitation | Loss of control |
World upside down | The right to choose | risky decision |
Combination with the Minor Arcana
In conjunction with minor arcana The Eight of Swords also indicates negative events in the near future.
Sword Cards
In combination with the suit of Swords:
- Ace - bet on logic;
- 2 - coldness in relationships;
- 3 - longing for unrealized opportunities;
- 4 - summing up;
- 5 - criticism of an authoritative but despotic boss;
- 6 - the search for a solution exacerbates the problem;
- 7 - disclosure of deception;
- 9 - guilt complex;
- 10 - nervous breakdown due to problems;
- Page - slander behind your back;
- Knight - unequal competition;
- Queen - refusal of patronage;
- King - Tight control by the authorities.
The Eight of Blades in combination with its own suit exacerbates the negative consequences.
Staff Cards
With the Arcana of Wands:
- Ace - insight, an attempt to break out of the vicious circle;
- 2 - crossroads;
- 3 - partial solution of problems;
- 4 - restriction of rights;
- 5 - scandal due to defiant behavior;
- 6 - deadlock;
- 7 - refusal to cooperate;
- 8 - view from the side;
- 9 - expectation of bad news;
- 10 - a feeling of one's own insignificance, the pressure of society;
- Page - a sound rethinking of the situation;
- Knight - divorce;
- Queen - break the shackles of sanity;
- The king is the strength of the spirit.
The suit of the Staves card indicates the inevitability, the absence of a solution. The exception is 8 of Cups with the Ace of Swords - this combination indicates that there is a chance to rectify the situation.
Chalice cards
Influence of Cups on value:
- Ace is a persistent partner;
- 2 - stiffness in relationships;
- 3 - gluttony;
- 4 - apathy towards the outside world;
- 5 - avoiding conflict;
- 6 - mistakes in the past;
- 7 - anxiety for no reason;
- 8 - Avoiding restrictions;
- 9 - dependence on one's own desires;
- 10 - fear of rejection of relatives;
- Page - rejection of emotions;
- Knight - falsity of feelings;
- Queen - deceit, rejection of views;
- King - manipulation of feelings.
Eight of Swords with cards of Cups means emotional instability, psychological disorders.
Denarius cards
Combined with Pentacle cards:
- Ace - financial dependence;
- 2 - lack of experience and creativity;
- 3 - non-realization of talent;
- 4 - dependence on traditions;
- 5 - fear of poverty;
- 6 - debt to legal organizations;
Conclusion
The Eight of Blades in combination with the arcana of different suits indicates negative events in the near future. To prevent serious consequences, the fortuneteller needs to think about the situation and act as much as possible.
Description of the Tarot card Eight of Swords
The main meaning of the Tarot card Eight of Swords is impending danger, barriers and restrictions, inner blindness and inability to understand oneself. That is why the card in most decks depicts a man with his hands tied and blindfolded, who walks along a narrow path between eight swords that form a barrier. The water on the path indicates the dominance of the subconscious, and the castle in the background speaks of the past.
The general meaning and interpretation of the Tarot card Eight of Swords in divination and layouts
Direct card position
Appearing in fortune-telling and layouts in a direct position, the Eight of Swords Tarot card indicates internal barriers, prohibitions or obstacles that a person sets for himself, but prefers to find their cause in the environment. Such a typical position: “Yes, but ...”, “I would really like to have such and such, but ...”, “I would be glad to become such and such, but ...”. At the same time, the only obstacle on the way of our "I" to these wonderful things is actually only our own "but". This card shows that those restrictions, difficulties and prohibitions that a person feels as a hindrance do not belong to the outside world, but reflect only the fortuneteller's own fears and barriers. In any case, the Eight of Swords warns that a person is suppressing something in himself. The Direct Eight of Swords can also be interpreted as a warning that unforeseen circumstances cannot be avoided, as a state of being driven into a dead end. In addition, in some cases, the Arkan symbolizes the lack of freedom of a person, his dependence on other people or circumstances.
Reversed card position
In the inverted Eight of Swords, against the background of general negativity - probable betrayal in the past, stagnation, inability to take action, an oppressed state of mind - some positive aspects also appear. The card indicates the end of a period of complete helplessness, hopelessness, restrictions that seemed to bind the fortuneteller hand and foot. Positive changes do not yet solve all the problems, but they openly say that troubles are starting to go away little by little, faith in oneself and one's success begins to revive in a person.
The meaning and interpretation of the Eight of Swords card in divination and layouts for work, business and career
Direct card position
The Direct Eight of Swords indicates that the work does not allow some aspects of the personality to open up, so the person has to suppress them. If it is known that, due to circumstances, he is now forced to agree to such a restriction, then we can agree with this. If the card indicates a position that has no end, then it should be taken as advice to urgently grant yourself personal freedom, and in extreme cases, change jobs. The card also indicates an extremely negative course or business development, force majeure, significant losses. The lasso can also denote any unexpected obstacles in professional activity arising through the fault of colleagues, management or due to other objective reasons.
Reversed card position
In an inverted position, the Tarot card Eight of Swords indicates problems that have already arisen and exist, but do not carry fatal significance and global consequences for the fortuneteller. Sometimes Arkan simply defines a monotonous, boring, unpromising and routine period.
The meaning and interpretation of the Eight of Swords card in layouts and divination for health
Direct card position
Indicates a health condition that does not allow a person to be free (dependence on drugs, such as insulin). Serious chronic diseases are possible.
Reversed card position
Constant, but unsuccessful struggle for health. Likely to be infertile bronchial asthma, protracted pneumonia.
The meaning and interpretation of the Eight of Swords card in divination and layouts for love and relationships
Direct card position
Here, the direct Eight of Swords speaks of strong pressure from one partner on another, possibly with the use of physical violence, a big scandal or quarrel. Also, the card can describe an alliance in which a person hides some aspects of his personality, because he is afraid to show them to his partner. In any case, Arkan recommends changing this situation as soon as possible, because the suppression of some part of the “I” will inevitably lead to the collapse of the union sooner or later. However, the card can also describe the feeling of loneliness when a person lives without a partner. Then it means an inner unwillingness to open up to another person, to accept in advance all the joys and sorrows associated with this, and advises you to first create in yourself all the prerequisites necessary for this, and then the meeting will happen by itself.
Reversed card position
In an inverted position, the Eight of Swords carries a lot of negative manifestations - this is anxiety, and worries, and depressive states, and the betrayal that took place in the past. But they are no longer destructive and hopeless. The lasso symbolizes attempts at reconciliation, search common language with a partner, as well as the understanding that the situation is not as deadlocked as it seemed at first glance.
The meaning and interpretation of the Eight of Swords card in layouts and divination for personality assessment
Direct card position
The person is modest, constrained, shy, notorious.
Reversed card position
Indicates a person who is struggling with the last of his strength.
The Meaning and Interpretation of the Eight of Swords as a Card of the Day
Perhaps today you will come across some kind of prohibition, feel a sense of tightness and stiffness, or meet with some other restrictions. Pull yourself together and add a step to overcome this period. If you are convinced that it does not end, then try to find a different path.
Advice of the Eight of Swords card in divination and layouts
Try not to lose patience and do not abandon the planned sequence of actions. At critical moments, when nothing can be changed, it is important not to panic and not lose face. If someone puts strong pressure on you, do not put up with such a situation, do not give away your freedom.