Eight of swords tarot for relationships. The magic of numbers

The meaning of the eight of swords in the upright position

Difficult situation, unknown future. A very serious crisis that you cannot control. It is recommended to seek outside help; you most likely cannot cope with this on your own.

• foreign influence that interferes with the execution of plans, opposition, conflicts, gossip, slander, bad news, illness
• crisis, indecision, lack of freedom, fear
• frustration, limitations, collapse of illusions

The main indicator of the Eight of Swords tarot card is blocked energy. The client may be presented with a number of exciting opportunities and ideas, but forces beyond his control will limit his choices and actions. Failure of plans can lead to fear and loss of faith in the possibility of achieving a goal. The best thing for the Client in this case is to come to terms with the delays and patiently wait for the situation to change.

Eight of Swords means illness, injury. Bad news, crisis in your relationship, conflict. Possible loss. However, the situation is temporary and you can avoid or prevent it. Stand up for yourself.

The meaning of the Eight of Swords in reversed position

Breaking up with a loved one. A serious obstacle, isolation. You have to believe in yourself and start sorting out this pile of problems. Otherwise, she will cover you completely.

• unexpected event, unforeseen situation, accident, obstacle, delay
• isolation, feeling trapped

The Eight of Swords tarot card reversed speaks of a greater sense of entrapment and pessimism caused by isolation from family and friends as a result of an argument. The client urgently needs to break out of this vicious circle and deal directly with the problems besetting him.

The reversed Eight of Swords means betrayal or confrontation, usually unexpected or from an unexpected side. Uncertainty.

Inner meaning. Given for understanding straight position cards

Another negative and dangerous card. This time you are alerted to major and possibly unexpected disasters such as illness or injury. You may receive bad news or experience loss. You still have enemies, and they are still trying to defeat you. False friends can become your enemies.

The only advantage of the Eight of Swords tarot card is that the problems are temporary and you can completely avoid them with proper precautions. This is a warning that things may go wrong; If you look back in time, the warning may remain just a warning, but not a fact that has come true. Check your affairs and personal relationships thoroughly and immediately.

Which is also called the Lord of Limited Power or the Lord of Tamed Power, symbolizes an obstacle that is not so much physical as mental. Contrary to popular interpretations, first of all, this lasso symbolizes not physical, but spiritual shackles, the limitation of power over oneself by someone else’s, harmful influence. Let's consider the meaning of the Tarot 8 of Swords in layouts and in combination with other arcana.

Symbolic meaning

Upright

The Eight of Swords speaks of lack of freedom, restrictions, obstacles, the overwhelming force of fate, circumstances and someone else’s evil will, at the same time the card also contains a positive aspect - a hopeless situation can find a solution if one has the strength to do so, if the time comes to see the light.

In the Thoth deck, the lasso symbolizes anxiety, doubts, and mistakes.

Basic values:

• Stagnation, lack of development– the card speaks of numbness and apathy, the inability to move forward, which can bring regression.
• Illusory fears and internal blocks– an exaggerated idea of ​​danger that makes you give up.
• Mistakes leading to powerlessness– one’s own decisions, beliefs and incorrect judgments keep the situation without control and the possibility of correction, leading to a violation of the point of view on the circumstances.
• Addiction– the darkest meaning of the Eight of Swords lies in the image of the transfer of power over oneself, the source of one’s strength and independence, into the wrong hands, unhealthy conditions of subordination, dependence on a loved one, on superiors, on someone else’s, often evil, will.

Inverted

Like any card with an initial negative meaning, The Eight of Swords, when reversed, signifies that the worst is over.

Most common meanings:

• Warning- the danger has passed, but the time for active action has already passed, and the hour for new achievements has not yet come.
• Getting rid of fear– illusions and anxieties, the feeling of one’s own powerlessness and hopelessness of the situation pass, the internal crisis has passed the active phase.
• Liberation– there is a chance to throw off the shackles, be it an unhealthy relationship, treatment for an illness or a difficult work situation, this chance can be taken advantage of.
• Failures- the card may then indicate complete collapse, severe hopelessness, the onset of a dark streak in life.

Description in fortune telling

Diseases

The card leads to a feeling of helplessness, for which this may mean bed rest, injury, a somewhat prolonged state of weakness for one reason or another, a decrease in the usual rhythm of life due to problems with blood pressure or a general bad condition.

A reversed card indicates that the disease is passing, there is a chance to correct the situation, the injury is restored, and a phase of calm or remission begins in a chronic disease.

Relationships and love

The Eight of Swords in a reading of feelings, love, relationships and attachments marks a very unhealthy situation. The Arcanum can indicate that the dependence of one partner on the other is very great, serves as a source of trauma, uncertainty, internal crises and does not bring love, but harm.

In an inverted position, the card leads to the right path for resolving contradictions, searching for compromises and the desire for disagreements to remain in the past. It also speaks of insecurity, inner constraint, bias towards a partner, or the desire to love but not be loved.

Problem

In a reading of the situation, the card means the presence of a hopeless situation, the absence of options for a bloodless solution to the problem. The card can mean failure or collapse due to one’s own inability to see the path to the light, and it also requires the desire to see clearly and not step on the blades sticking out of the ground.

The most important aspect of situational meaning is in the predominance and pressure of someone else's will on the questioner.

In an inverted meaning, the card suggests that in the past there may have been betrayals, the influence of negative circumstances and someone else's evil will, which can still influence a person, but this influence can be overcome by exertion of strength.

Job

The Eight of Swords speaks of career limitations associated with a lack of experience or the inability to correctly perform one’s work tasks, the ambiguity of their spectrum, or the harmful influence of colleagues or superiors.

In an inverted meaning, the card indicates that there is a crisis, nagging from management, inexperience and uncertainty have interfered before and can interfere again if you allow yourself to follow the paths of the past, which, apparently, the person has now successfully changed.

Eight of Swords Combination

In combination with other arcana, the Eight of Swords often takes on very negative meanings. But there are also cards that significantly change the meaning of the eight for the better.

With the major arcana:

• With the Jester- problems growing up.
• WITH High Priestess — prejudice.
• With the Empress- the result will be limited.
• With the Emperor- prohibition or restriction of power.
• With the Hierophant— morality imposes its own limitations.
• With Lovers- relationships keep a person imprisoned.
• With Strength- loss of all strength.
• Mage next to the Eight of Swords indicates that everything will soon fall into place.
• With Chariot, especially in the inverted meaning of the Eight, one comes to understand that the situation only seemed stagnant and eternally uncertain, the dynamics that the Chariot carries allow one to harbor confident hope for change.
• Hermit entails complete detachment, numbness, uncertainty, isolation in one’s internal prison, and may indicate the onset of clinical depression.
• Wheel of Fortune with the straight Eight of Swords it speaks of the loss of the last chances, and with the inverted one it speaks of hope, which is getting closer.
• Devil- the worst combination with the Eight of Swords, it says that a person has left his fate in the hands of some absolute (at least for the fate of the questioner) evil, which will dispose of power in a very dark way.
• Eight of Swords with the moon speaks of complete confusion and lack of clarity in circumstances.
• With Justice- punishment based on the results of a court decision.
• With the Hanged Man- everything is uncertain.
• With Death- the onset of a crisis.
• With Moderation— barriers can be overcome gradually.
• With Tower- physical or mental loss of freedom.
• With the Star- loss of opportunities and prospects.
• With the Moon- even more confused than before.
• With the Sun- get rid of guilt.
• With the Court- the opportunity to leave captivity and understand the situation.
• With Peace- liberation.

With wands:

• With Ace- insight comes.
• Two of Wands with the Eight of Swords can both lead to an increase in positive trends and replace uncertainty and stagnation with strength and dynamics, or lead to a complete loss of control over oneself and the situation.
• With Troika— a chance to gradually overcome crisis phenomena.
• With Four- conclusion of a contract on paper.
• With Five- conflict due to going beyond what is allowed.
• With Six- the ability to overcome a difficult situation.
• With Seven- stop other people's interference.
• With Eight- remove the scales from your eyes, break out of the trap.
• With Nine- will be worse.
• With Ten- depression, guilt and lack of strength to fix something.
• With Page- try to analyze the circumstances.
• With the Knight- separation or breakup.
• With the Queen— binding restrictions will be broken.
• With the King- gaining confidence and demonstrating strength of character and strong will.

With cups:

• With Ace- which was rejected.
• With a Deuce- obligation.
• With Troika- idleness or alcohol addiction.
• With Four- depressive state.
• With Five- a detached state in relationships and in principle.
• With Six- orientation to the past.
• With Seven- obsessive states and thoughts.
• With Eight- get rid of restrictions.
• With Nine- become dependent on your own desires.
• With Ten- limiting fear of hurting the feelings of loved ones.
• With Page- manifestation of a block to certain feelings.
• With the Knight- no trust and sincerity.
• With the Queen- no understanding.
• With the King- playing on emotions.

With swords:

• With Ace- a big mind brings harm instead of benefit.
• With a Deuce- emotions are negatively contained.
• With Troika- the influence of grief.
• With Four- imprisonment, restriction of freedom in the most direct sense.
• With Five- wounded pride.
• With Six— there is no chance to find a way out of the worsening problem situation.
• With Seven— the possibility of a workaround maneuver.
• With Nine- choking guilt.
• With Ten- reach the limit.
• With Page- rumors and gossip.
• With the Knight- rivalry prevents you from moving forward.
• With the Queen- independence, reaching the point of isolation.
• With the King- be under someone else's control.

With pentacles:

• With Ace- dependence of a financial nature.
• With a Deuce- lack of ability to respond flexibly to circumstances.
• With Troika- abilities impose limitations.
• With Four- Beliefs impose restrictions and dependence.
• With Five- the ability to do something is greatly limited.
• With Six— presence of credit obligations.
• With Seven— limitations and dependence are imposed by the ambiguity of the outcome of expectations.
• With Eight- the work is addictive.
• With Nine— tomorrow is fraught with uncertainty and fetters the mind.
• With Ten- family influence.
• With Page- lack of education.
• With the Knight- stagnation.
• With the Queen- lack of practicality.
• With the King- financial creates dependence.

Card of the day: when everything becomes hopeless and it seems that nothing can be fixed, you need to maintain optimism and faith in the best, continue to move along the planned course, and then you will be able to overcome the thorny path with little loss.

In an inverted meaning, the card of the day represented by the Eight of Swords may indicate that the shadows of past unpleasant circumstances may rise again and you need to not allow them to influence your life.

The appearance of eights in a reading draws attention to karma, arrangement in life, and financial situation. The card describes the situation of a break or a big leap forward. The Eight of Swords as the Lord of tamed power is a symbol of obstacles originating from internal causes. Perhaps someone else's influence or a state where a person does not accept himself.

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This card is a symbol of uncertainty of feelings and desires, a sign of approaching troubles and failures. A person reaps what he sows, learns a lesson from self-awareness. To develop further, he needs to get rid of his own limitations.

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General value

The main meaning of the card is impending danger, obstacles, restrictions; the dominant force of fate, someone else's evil will, blindness, the inability to understand one's situation. The map describes a situation of stagnation, lack of development, regression. This is also bad news about dear people; loss of loved ones; a sign that friends will turn into enemies.

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  Illusory fear creates an exaggerated perception of danger. Poor judgments make it impossible to control what is happening and correct mistakes. The source of strength and independence has been transferred into the wrong hands.

  In “Yes - No” layouts, answers to questions are negative.

  Caution, advice: during a period of inaction and lack of freedom, efforts may remain fruitless, but inaction is dangerous; there is little chance of a way out of the situation, but a search for them is necessary. Plans are based on false assumptions, which hinders development. You need to ask yourself what makes you continue to act, and independently explore other options.

  

  Description

  Blindfolded eyes and a barrage of eight swords eloquently describe the situation relevant to the questioner. The presence of water on the path is a sign of the power of the subconscious. The castle in the background is the embodiment of the past, of unfreedom.

  But the obstacles are illusory: the swords do not interfere with the girl’s movement along the path, since they are stuck on both sides of her. The fortress is left behind, but the eyes are still blindfolded, and the state of freedom is not felt. In this case, an additional interpretation arises - difficulty in intellectual or spiritual self-expression; giving up erroneous thoughts can lead to a positive result.

  

  The image is related to initiation into Freemasonry.

  

  Straight position

  In the upright position of the card, the hidden person independently sets obstacles for himself - these are fears, barriers, self-suppression. In this case, only one’s own denial becomes an obstacle - difficulties perceived as an obstacle have no relation to the outside world.

  Another meaning of the Eight of Swords is a warning about the impossibility of changing the situation, a dead end; dependence on people and circumstances.

  The positive aspect is that hopelessness can find a solution if there is enough strength and if the time comes to see the light.

  Basic values:

  • crisis, depression;
  • illness, restrictions, harsh conditions;
  • conflict, reproaches;
  • tamed force, intervention;
  • overcoming inert, passive energy.

  

  Inverted position

  In an inverted position, the Eight of Swords card, in describing a negative situation, touches on the themes of betrayal and stagnation, infringement of activity, and suppression of mental abilities. At the same time, being a card with a negative initial meaning, it shows the end of a time of absolute helplessness that binds hands and feet. Removing restrictions is not yet a solution to all problems, but against the backdrop of receding troubles, a person begins to see himself as a winner.

  The crisis has moved out of the activity phase, the danger has passed, but the time for exploits has not yet arrived. There is a chance for dramatic changes and right decisions, liberation - getting out of a painful state, quitting an unloved job, gaining a sense of completeness, overcoming obstacles when random lucky factors take place. In a situation, the lasso means that “glimpses of luck” are just around the corner.

  Event: a desire to escape that begins to bear fruit.

  Basic values:

  • opposition, betrayal;
  • anxiety, depression;
  • unforeseen situation, accident, disaster, death;
  • fatal circumstances.

  Personality

  The upright position of the Eight of Swords characterizes a person as modest, shy, with complexes. The psychological state is “suspended”; it is not easy for him to cope with internal disagreements; a person is receptive to the opinions of others. According to this card, there is criticism, condemnation, lack of time to resolve issues, personality disorders; epiphanies regarding those who seemed close.

  In an inverted position, it means the hidden person is struggling with all his strength. An inverted card does not change the current situation; new ideological confrontations arise. Hopelessness is a prerequisite for despair and fatal consequences.

  Love, relationships

  In the scenario of feelings and relationships, the Eight of Swords marks an unhealthy situation. A direct position indicates pressure from one partner on the other in a relationship; scandals, quarrels, dependence. Relationships are a source of trauma and cause harm.

  Sometimes one partner hides his true character traits from the other, which leads to the collapse of the union subsequently. Possible meaning: loneliness, unwillingness to open the soul. For a meeting to take place, all the prerequisites must be created for it.

  The inverted position of the lasso brings a lot of negativity: anxiety, depression, betrayal of the past. But these influences are no longer particularly destructive. The card is interpreted as an attempt to find a common language with a partner, to look at the situation differently. The situation helps resolve contradictions: conflicts are possible, but the couple will try to overcome them. The card also speaks of uncertainty, constraint, bias, and the desire to love without reciprocity.

  Business, work

  The direct position of the card relative to work indicates the impossibility of revealing some qualities of a person, as a result of which they are suppressed. If the reason is not temporary circumstances, then this is advice to give yourself more freedom or change your job.

  The number eight symbolizes career restrictions due to lack of experience and failure to fulfill responsibilities.

  In business, these are negative trends, force majeure, losses, and futility. For professional activities - unexpected obstacles due to the fault of colleagues, management: someone constantly puts spokes in the wheels, slowing down the progress.

  The inverted position of the card indicates the existence of problems that are not fatal and do not have great consequences. Sometimes the lasso means an endless routine or boredom of the work process without changes for the better.

  Health

  A health condition in which a person cannot feel complete freedom, helplessness, or the need for treatment or support of the body with medications. Alternatively, chronic diseases, bed rest, injury, prolonged weakened condition, a decrease in the usual rhythm of life due to problems with blood pressure or other reasons.

  In an inverted position - a long, desperate and unsuccessful struggle for health. Possible problems include:

  • infertility;
  • bronchial asthma;
  • pneumonia.

  The disease passes, there is a chance of recovery, the body is restored, with a chronic disease there is a phase of remission, a temporary lull.

  Card of the day

  In the “Card of the Day” layout, the Eight of Swords advises fulfilling one’s duty and not doing anything of one’s own free will.

  Today there is a possibility that you will encounter a ban, feel constrained, constrained, or some restrictions will manifest themselves.

  The advice is not to allow yourself to lose your bearings, to mobilize in order to overcome the difficult period with minimal losses. If difficulties drag on, look for alternative ways in an optimistic mood.

  Combinations

  The combination of the Eight of Swords card with others will tell you about the situation of interest in detail.

  Tarot card Eight of Swords in combination with the major arcana:

  • The buffoon is a difficult process of growing up, an insufficient level for resolving issues;
  • Mage - possibilities are limited; everything will soon work out;
  • High Priestess - bias;
  • Empress - limitation of the result;
  • Emperor - prohibition of powers, lack of opportunities;
  • Hierophant - limitations of morality;
  • Lovers - relationships do not give a person freedom;
  • Strength - overcoming internal limitations;
  • Chariot - confidence in change through the application of force;
  • Hermit - detachment, numbness, isolation, clinical depression;
  • Wheel of Fortune - loss of the last chance; inverted eight - approaching victory;
  • Death is the end of a period of inactivity;
  • Moderation - captivity is prolonged; gradual overcoming of barriers;
  • The devil is to betray oneself into evil hands;
  • Moon - absolute confusion, increased delusion;
  • Justice - the decision will lead to punishment;
  • Hanged Man - uncertainty;
  • Tower - loss of freedom on the mental and physical level, threat of imprisonment;
  • Star - loss of prospects;
  • Sun - get rid of guilt, the emergence of guesswork;
  • Court - an opportunity to leave prison, to correct the situation;
  • Peace is liberation.

  Wands:

  • two - to be a hostage to your place, a change from stagnation to dynamics or a complete loss of control;
  • troika - gradual overcoming of the crisis;
  • four - signing contracts;
  • five - going beyond what is permitted and conflict, aggression;
  • six - opportunities for victory;
  • seven - a ban on other people's interference;
  • eight - awareness and rejection of restrictions;
  • nine - deterioration is coming;
  • ten - depression and lack of strength to correct mistakes;
  • Page - an attempt to analyze;
  • Knight of Wands - to be a prisoner of the past; parting;
  • Queen - break the shackles of your own limitations;
  • King - confidence, manifestation of character and strong will;
  • Ace of Wands - advice to use limitations as potential opportunities, the onset of insight.

  Cups:

  • two - obligations;
  • three - a state of idleness, dependence;
  • four - inaction with hope for improvement, depression;
  • five - detachment in affairs and principles;
  • six - orientation to the past;
  • seven - obsessive thoughts;
  • eight - restriction of exit to a single path;
  • nine - your own desires will lead to addiction;
  • ten - restrictions due to fear of causing pain to others;
  • Page - blocking feelings;
  • Knight - feeling the obligation to be smiling, lack of sincerity, quarrels with loved ones;
  • Queen - lack of understanding;
  • The King is a game of emotions;
  • Ace of Cups - rejected love.

  Swords:

  • two - negative consequences of restraining emotions;
  • three - captivity of unrequited love;
  • four - literal limitation of will;
  • five - wounded pride;
  • six - forced change of position;
  • seven - victory in an outflanking maneuver;
  • nine - a painful feeling of guilt;
  • ten - test the limits of possibilities;
  • The page is a hidden enemy; gossip, rumors;
  • The knight is an obstacle due to rivalry;
  • Queen - isolating independence;
  • King - experience injustice and dependence;
  • Ace - grief from a great mind.

  Pentacles:

  • two - insufficient compliance for the sake of adaptation;
  • three - abilities entail limitations;
  • four - dependence due to beliefs;
  • five - missed opportunities;
  • six - the appearance of financial debt obligations;
  • seven - restrictions that lead to unclear results;
  • eight - dependence on work;
  • nine - constraint due to ambiguity, finding a new ally;
  • ten - live in the interests of the family, forgetting about yourself;
  • Page - lack of education;
  • Knight - stagnation;
  • Queen - austerity, lack of practicality;
  • King - financial dependence;
  • Ace of Pentacles - limiting yourself for the sake of a major victory.

  Waite Tarot

  In contrast to the proposed meanings of modern decks, Rider Waite describes the Eight of Swords as a card of bad news, grief, conflict; in an inverted position - difficulties, hostility, anxiety, disaster. The emphasis is on the impossibility of acting on one's own will; the position corresponds to the Nautiz rune. Either the movement is blocked, or there is a duty that compels a certain behavior. The situation refers to temporary adversity, and not irretrievable loss.

  

  Psychological state - detachment from the external; the need to deal with the outside. All stages of denial have been passed, the restriction is prolonged, which forces you to focus on the inner, learn the lesson of life and become more humble or hardened.

  Regarding health - stability without improvement and dependence on medical intervention, injections (diabetes), diet, prohibition of exercise, bed rest, support bandages with corsets.

  In love and relationships, activity goes into the inner world, the intensity of external actions is absent or it is forced. Relationships against the will that cannot be terminated unilaterally, for example, parental overprotection with inflated demands on the child.

  In working relationships, the individual does not feel involved in the common cause; protest on his part is possible without expressed resistance. The work is so disliked that no amount of payment can compensate for the moral damage.

  In business there is a hopeless situation of stability and controllability by external forces. We are not talking about increasing income; external and internal obstacles prevent this. Money is in a hopeless state; there are only enough funds for survival and a new loan.

  Thoth Tarot

  In the Thoth Tarot deck, the lasso is a symbol of anxiety, doubt, and mistakes; random obstacles constantly interfere with the Will; lack of persistence in matters of intellect and argument. Two swords in the center are directed downwards, they are crossed by six small ones, three in different directions. This means that the straightness of the two vertical swords is disrupted by small, transverse ones, symbolizing energy blocks, obstacles, anxiety, confusion.

  The powerful flow of will and understanding - the main direction of the two swords - cannot be stopped, which means that a person's goals will remain the same, despite the "interference", and after solving the problem he will continue on his way.

  The image is associated with a cult and national type of weapon.

  

  Basic values:

  • spirit of restlessness;
  • intervention;
  • thorny path;
  • internal conflicts, whims;
  • obstacles to the exercise of free will;
  • destruction of joint plans.

  Additional values:

  • at work - the employee’s valuable qualities are suppressed, changes are necessary;
  • in business - no development, losses;
  • in the professional sphere - an unclear range of responsibilities; incompetence, difficulties, sabotage;
  • in relationships - disagreements, intractability, being in each other's way; intervention by a third party, which will lead to the disintegration of the union; interdependence;
  • in health - lack of freedom, burdened by treatment or chronic illness;
  • in consciousness - the icy steadfastness of reason, keeping dreams and feelings under control, as well as awareness of one’s own tyranny and a step towards liberation.

  Map advice: act step by step; inaction is destructive.

  Tarot 78 doors

  The 78 Doors Tarot represents the 8 of Swords card in the form of a naked woman with disheveled hair. She is overwhelmed with sorrowful experiences, around her there are ghostly radiations of her nightmares and negative emotions. A woman descends a spiral staircase, having no idea what she will encounter on the way or how to protect herself.

  

  The meaning of the lasso: indecision, devastation, pressure from society, government power; insulation. The person feels like a prisoner, which is inspired by panic. In an inverted position, the card does not advise doing anything in a situation of chaos.

  Card characteristics:

  • Condition: stress, preoccupation with negative emotions, inability to analyze and make adequate decisions.
  • Personal growth: the questioner is his own enemy. Advice: get rid of timidity and hesitation, trust in universal providence.
  • Love: lack of freedom, fear prevent you from realizing your love dream. Advice: don’t withdraw into yourself, change your attitude towards the situation, after which your life will change.
  • Relationships: violence, threat of relationship collapse, uncertainty about the future.
  • Business: the influence of others interferes; inconsistency and waste of energy are a serious disadvantage for development; failed deals, threat to business from competitors or criminal structures, problems with the law. Advice: pool resources.
  • Work: dispersal of oneself, preventing one from achieving success in the right direction; problems in relationships with superiors and fear of being unemployed. Advice: don’t lose new opportunities because of fear.

  Advice and warning: overcome negative emotions; soberly analyze the situation; ask for help; there is a danger of panic and nervous breakdown.

  The main character depicted on the card is running away from the unpleasant feelings that appear in her after reading the first pages of the novel. In ordinary drawings, she sees frightening images that bear little resemblance to a real threat. Any manifestation from the outside causes a painful state of fear in her.

  Difficulties in relationships may include accidentally learned gossip, which is a trap for the client’s feelings, unpleasant slips of the tongue, and quarrels. Fears are inspired by past relationships and have no basis. Expecting trouble prevents you from going beyond limitations and building relationships. These are doubts, fear of physical intimacy, love, far-fetched premonitions, a wealth of imagination that brings harm.

  Additional values:

  • feelings - a painful premonition of trouble; fear of love and close relationships; there are too many restrictions inside to give in to love; reluctance to have a relationship; the need to deal with fears and calm down;
  • psychological state - exaggeration of danger, fight against subconscious fears;
  • relationship - one bullies the other, who supports the game; too many fears and fantasies, the risk of getting bogged down in unreality.

  Warning and advice: run away from bad premonitions, drive away negative thoughts.

  Conclusion

  Advice to the client: do not lose patience, do not give up, do not give up on your plans, maintain consistency in actions; at critical moments - do not panic, do not lose face. If someone puts pressure on the questioner, you should not put up with this situation; giving away freedom is an incorrect decision.

  When reversed, the card warns of the destructive influence of the shadows of the past.

Arkan characterizes a person by his inconstancy, some doubts. The Eight of Swords signifies both external and internal factors that indicate a problem. These can be objective misunderstandings and those that come from the person himself.

The card may speak of some kind of predicament, helplessness, capriciousness, limitations, a thorny path to one’s goal, or being driven into a dead end. It turns out that the card has a lot of meanings. It should also be taken as a warning that unforeseen circumstances are coming that cannot be avoided.

A person under the influence of this Arcanum is not free and is dependent on circumstances. He has deprived himself of freedom, and is ready to obey someone’s rules and demands, paying for his mistakes, admitting and atonement for his guilt. He is a fairly wise person, so he can approach his problems philosophically.

There is a saying: “There is a fly in the ointment.” So the inverted Eight of Swords card is a fly in the ointment. It turns out that a person sees a little positive in a huge mass of negativity. This may be due to past betrayal, difficulties, hard work, depression and unexpected situations. But there are, of course, bright sides that give a person hope.

In a period of complete helplessness and hopelessness, he can count on the end of such restrictions. And even though positive changes will not solve all problems, you can at least count on the fact that some of them are already a thing of the past. And thanks to this, a person begins to believe in himself, his success.

Problems that seemed so global are actually not so terrible. At the same time, freedom of action appears, there is no more fear, and all restrictions are coming to an end.

Eight of Swords: Meaning in Love and Relationships

There is a problem in a relationship between two people. What matters here is the destructive influence on a person’s feelings and the obvious inconsistency of characters. Moreover, in a relationship, both partners do not want to give in to each other. A marriage can end in tears because the relationship has already outlived its usefulness.

Perhaps a person voluntarily distances himself from his partner when he is simply unable to maintain the relationship and behaves in an infantile manner. In other words, a crisis occurs in the relationship. They are literally hanging on by a thread. And this situation cannot be resolved, since one of the partners does not want to maintain the union.

Is it possible to keep two people together if they do not experience sincere feelings, joy and love for each other? In such a family, quarrels, misunderstandings, and mutual attacks occur more and more often.

The Arcanum indicates reconciliation when a person strives for this and tries to find a common language with a loved one. And, indeed, the situation cannot be called a dead end; everything can be resolved if you want it.

The card can also describe the fact that one of the partners is clearly pulling the blanket over himself, and is ready to make decisions for both. There is negativity in relationships, as depression, unnecessary emotions, and anxiety manifest themselves.

A person with an inverted Eight of Swords can behave differently: he is biased towards a loved one, he is too honest with himself, and this prevents him from building a relationship with his partner (after all, you want not only to love yourself, but also to be loved too).

Eight of Swords: Meaning in Situation and Question

A person faces certain difficulties in life, and his responsibilities have not yet been clearly defined. His job responsibilities will not be easy for him; experience and competence will not be enough. Perhaps he himself will be very critical of himself due to inexperience, and thereby further aggravate the problem.

There may be a situation with litigation, financial losses, bad news related to money issues. The situation will be a dead end, as if your hands are tied, and nothing more can be done.

The card speaks of troubles that have taken place. This may be related to professional activities, and to other situations too.

These problems greatly spoil the overall picture of a person, but are not fatal. A person has entered a boring period in life, which is distinguished by its monotony. But this is just a very difficult period. Of course, he will get out of this story, but this will happen very slowly - step by step.

If you manage material resources wisely, use your foresight and foresight, then success will definitely come.

Eight of Swords: The meaning of the card of the day

Today fate will confront a person with a ban. He will feel squeezed and constrained, and completely different restrictions may occur.

You need to pull yourself together, take a step, and try to learn to overcome this stage. If it seems that this constrained state has not gone away, then you will have to find another way. Just don’t turn your fears into an endless series of problems. You just need to gather your courage.

Perhaps on this day a person will behave with a complex; he will tend to be modest and shy. But if he fights with all his might, overcoming his fears, then it will be much easier for him to live in this world among people.

It is not recommended to take on several tasks at once. You need to show a little patience and plan the sequence of your actions. Even if the situation is critical, you should not lose face, panic and fuss.

The card may indicate financial losses, bad news and other misfortunes, but this is not a reason to panic. The slowness and inconsistency of a person, the inconsistency of his actions and the influence of the people around him may be to blame for such a combination of circumstances.

It may happen that a person, due to his financial means, will not be able to afford what he dreams of. But he has the opportunity to save up for an expensive purchase, so don’t lose hope.

Eight of Swords: Combination with other cards

Tarot cards are a deck of 78 cards. Initially they were playing cards, but have survived to this day only as fortune telling cards. Tarot is a complex system of symbols, the interpretation of which is associated with alchemy, occultism and astrology. There is no single way to read these cards, but there are many interpretations. For example, the lasso of 8 swords is read differently, depending on the layout and type of fortune telling.

Description of the lasso

According to psychiatrists, in particular Carl Jung, a student of Freud, the images of the arcana in the tarot contain archetypes of the basic unconscious of various nationalities and eras and express the deep layers of the human subconscious.

The Eight of Swords card shows a girl blindfolded. She stands on the wet ground, her hands are tied tightly behind her back to her body so that she is completely helpless. There are eight swords stuck into the ground next to the girl. Some maps also feature a castle in the background in the distance.

In a general sense, the meaning of 8 swords in the tarot comes down to some kind of captivity, a trap in which a person has fallen, and to his feeling of helplessness in it. The card shows a person who is weak and indecisive, unable to stand up for himself. The fortuneteller’s thinking opposes his own development and movement forward. He does not have the willpower to get out of his captivity.

In addition to indecisive people, the Eight of Swords means people with physical disabilities: impaired motor function, deaf, blind and dumb. As well as prison inmates and people in marriages or relationships similar to captivity. The fortuneteller is limited by his companion, driven into a corner and walks in a vicious circle.

When the card is upside down, the meaning of the Eight Swords tarot is already different: it is a person asking how to find freedom and overcome his limitations. This could be a person breaking off a relationship, being released from prison - there are many interpretation options.

To get the specific meaning of a card, you need to pay attention to its position in combination with the fortuneteller’s request. In tarot, a card can lie upright or upside down.

Direct position of the card in layouts

8 of Swords reveals the feelings that fill a person. The fortuneteller feels weakness and hopelessness, captivity. When the card is in a straight position, this is a good sign for the fortuneteller and means moving forward. The barriers are speculative, perhaps even man-made, and in any case will soon end.

The meaning of 8 swords is summarized as follows:

Decryption depends on the request. If the question related to health, then the card may carry the meaning of illness or its possible occurrence due to injury. Psychologically, it can speak of paralysis in actions, a refusal to take decisive action. The fortuneteller himself knows the reasons for his limitations and the aspects that led to such consequences. He is not a victim of fate.

Job Request

If fortune telling takes place at work, then the meaning of the Eight Swords of the tarot is as follows: a person has to hide or suppress some qualities of his personality. Business does not allow the fortuneteller’s talents to reveal themselves and manifest themselves to the fullest. Perhaps it's the stress and time constraints that you have to put up with. When this period passes, everything will be decided by itself, but for now all that remains is to accept it if the work is profitable and promises further advancement or advantages.

If restrictions at work are constant, then you need to think about how to expand your freedom in the workplace. The card gives advice to allow yourself a greater degree of freedom, including for rest from work. If this is not possible, then you should think about changing the place so that this story does not last a lifetime.

Relationship fortune telling

The main meaning of the 8 tarot swords in relationships is hiding or suppressing some aspect of a person’s personality. The fortuneteller is either afraid to show himself to his partner in his entirety, believing that he will push him away from himself, or he fears disappointment or even condemnation from his beloved.

In this case, the card advises you to leave behind the created restrictions and erected walls, which can only lead to disagreements and conflicts, and yet stop self-suppression. If the card fell out for a lonely person, then it indicates the fortuneteller’s unpreparedness for a relationship due to the same internal suppression. Such a person is not yet ready to accept himself, let alone a partner. In order to improve his personal life, the fortuneteller needs to begin to let go of himself and allow himself to be, in this way the prerequisites will be created for the emergence of a second half in his life.

Implications for consciousness

If we talk about the inner world of a person, then 8 swords indicates that he is in a locked room. The fortuneteller hides something from himself, suppressing parts of his “I”. This is the case when a person looks for reasons in other people and circumstances, but not in himself. A person driven in this way hangs in indecision or rushes about in erroneous actions, only wasting time and wasting energy.

Often this means rigid thinking, suppressive expression of feelings, and strict self-control. Such a person tries to control everything in his life and especially his feelings. He confuses self-control with killing his natural strength, intuition and spontaneity. The fortuneteller thinks that feelings should be controlled by the mind, and he himself suffers from the consequences of such a choice.

If the 8 of Swords comes across to a person who is already aware of his painful dependence on control, then the card means a recommendation to continue the work begun to liberate himself from internal captivity.

Inverted position

When the 8 of swords is inverted, you must beware of active actions. The moment is unfavorable for them, and it is better to wait for a better time without doing anything. In this case, the card means that fears will dissipate and restrictions will disappear; the fortuneteller is close to liberation. In a small percentage of cases it also portends failure.

If you look closely at the map, the bonds that bind the girl are not so strong. She can easily free herself if she puts in the effort. And the swords do not block her path. The castle from which she got out stands to the side, no one is chasing her, and the sky is clear. Therefore, 8 of swords only seems like a dangerous card. It actually has quite an encouraging multi-layered meaning, especially when the card comes up reversed.

For the inverted position, the following points apply:

• opening the world, removing blinders from the eyes, overcoming a phobia;
• getting rid of blocks, restrictions, liberation;
• gaining power, a free road, no outside interference, the emergence of faith in one’s own strength;
• productivity, efficiency, full commitment, involvement.

A fortuneteller is a person who was able to free himself from his own limitations. He freed himself from the captivity of oppressive relationships. There is uncertainty ahead of him, which is why he is lost and upset, has lost faith in himself and his strength.

The parting message of the 8 of Swords reversed is that you have a clearer understanding of the people around you and those who have hindered your progress. When you conquer your fears, a new beginning awaits you.

This is an opportunity for self-affirmation and rejection of outdated restrictions imposed from the outside. Ahead real light at the end of the tunnel.

Inner meaning of the card

If a specific request was not given for tarot fortune telling, then you can focus on the internal meaning of the card.

Upright

Meaning of 8 swords in upright position:

• Something critical: time, moment. Criticism as such. The decisive moment. Uncomfortable situation, difficult circumstances, crisis;
• Frames and restrictions, censorship and control, conviction and sentence. Discussion, interpretation, research.

We can talk about harmful influence from the outside, which interferes with the implementation of plans. This could be gossip, rumors, opposition, obstacles, fanned conflicts, lack of freedom, restrictions, disruption of plans, destruction of illusions.

The main sign of the 8 of swords is blocked energy. The fortuneteller is presented with an opportunity that is held back by uncontrollable forces, thereby limiting his field of action and choice in general. Failure of plans and loss of opportunities can lead to discouragement and loss of faith in one’s abilities. In this situation, the best way out for the fortuneteller would be to come to terms with unforeseen circumstances, be patient and wait for the situation to change, which will definitely come if everything is done correctly.

The 8 of Swords speaks of a temporary situation, be it illness, bad news, lost profits or a lost relationship. The bad streak will pass. You need to stand up for yourself and protect your interests.

Inverted lasso

If 8 swords falls upside down, then the internal meaning of the card changes slightly, and other tips for further actions come into force. Internal meaning of the card in reverse:

• Lateness, delay, delay, difficulty. Event, incident, unusual circumstances. Unconscious;
• Chance, fate, fatality, failure. Adventure, unpredictability, unexpected, rare event, amazing chance;
• Opposition, contradiction, defense, objection, struggle, conflict, petty quibbles.

In this situation, we are talking about isolation, a feeling of captivity, a trap. It is an unpredictable situation or unfortunate event, an obstacle and a check due to an unexpected event. Unlike the direct position, this speaks of a stronger feeling of captivity and pessimism. About conflicts with the immediate environment and isolation from it.

The fortuneteller needs to get out of the current circumstances on his own and break the vicious circle. He needs to deal with the problems that are gnawing at him. Also, the inverted Eight of Swords means confrontation and even betrayal, usually from an unexpected person.

The 8 of Swords is more of a negative card than a positive one. But it is not as scary as it might seem at first glance. This card warns the fortuneteller about dangers: illness, injury, destruction of close relationships or problems at work. And also about the limitations of one’s own vision of life or situation that impede further movement and development. This can be a warning of significant disasters either from enemies or from an unexpected opponent. It may turn out that friends have become enemies.

The advantage of the card is that the 8 of swords warns against trouble and warns of troubled times. You can avoid negative consequences completely. This is a warning that plans may not come true the way you saw them: flexibility and attentiveness are needed to respond to changes in time.

At best, this card will remain a warning and will not become a reality. To do this, you need to look at your contacts and environment with a fresh look and evaluate current affairs and relationships.