Eight of Swords

Number: 8 Arcana: Minor Arcana Suit: Swords Astrology: Jupiter in Gemini

Keywords

restriction, limitation, confinement, helplessness

Fortune Telling

• Get over playing the victim
• Once you realize you are your own biggest obstacle, nothing can hold you back

Meanings

Light

• Honoring limits
• Respecting the rules
• Deciding to go on a diet for your health’s sake
• Recognizing you cannot always be in control
• Identifying obstacles to further progress
• Refusing to think about unhealthy or unethical options
• Asking for assistance

Shadow

• Feeling trapped
• Being lost in a maze of rules and regulations
• Giving in to despair
• Playing the victim
• Allowing others to dictate what you can and cannot do
• Being rendered helpless
• Having very few options
• Failing to look for a way out

Archetype

N/A

Numerology

8 (The Action: movement, outer work, swiftness)

Elemental

N/A

Mythical/Spiritual

N/A

Affirmation

“I know my own limits.”

Questions to Ask

• Who’s empowered to cut through the red tape?
• What, exactly, are the obstacles? What resources, exactly, are needed to move them?
• To what extent is your powerlessness a matter of attitude?

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Reference: Tarot