Eight of Cups

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Eight of Cups TAROT CARD MEANINGS KEYWORDS

Upright: Disappointment, abandonment, withdrawal, escapism

Reversed: Trying one more time, indecision, aimless drifting, walking away.

Eight of Cups TAROT CARD MEANINGS AND DESCRIPTION

In the Eight of Cups, a man walks away from the eight cups standing in the foreground. The cups are arranged in such a way that it looks like one is missing, a sign that emotional fulfilment and wholeness is lacking. The man has turned his back on these cups with a sense of loss and disappointment and shuffles away into the mountains. A nearby river symbolises his emotions, and the mountains represent the awareness that this will not be an easy journey (though it will be necessary for true long-term happiness). The moon in the night’s sky illuminates the path ahead – the man is leaving in the dead of night hoping to go unnoticed, suggesting that there may be a level of escape or avoidance in this card.