43-Eight of Cups Upright Rider Waite Family Tarot Reading

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Family, Friends & Relationships:

Know that renewed good times lie ahead for you. If your ‘gut’ is telling you that you really need to get out of a relationship, job, or living arrangement, trust yourself. Instead of this coming out of the blue, or someone or something leaving you, it usually means that you are the one who will make this choice. Very often one door has to close behind you before the next door in front of you can fully open.

Card Meanings: Abandonment, Loneliness, Looking For The Truth, Courage, Introspection, Withdrawal, Fatigue, Leaving A Bad Situation, Abandoning Plans, Travelling, Escapism, Self-Discovery, Looking Deeper, Self-Analysis, Walking Away, Letting Go, Reaching Limit, Emotional Strength, Disappointment, Misery

The Eight of Cups often means that you will choose to leave a situation that is no longer working for you – whether that’s a relationship, a job, or a neighborhood. There may be some sadness involved, but in general, this separation, is in your best interests.

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Complete Book of Tarot: When reversed, the Empress suggests that you may be failing to care for the natural resources that have been entrusted to you. Perhaps you have been neglecting your body or squandering the abundance in your life. Alternatively, you may be going through a period of infertility, either literally or figuratively, in which it seems difficult to produce any type of offspring of either the physical or mental variety. A creative idea may be stuck in its birth canal. The Empress is connected with marriage, and the reversed card may signify difficulty with wedding plans or a delay in starting a family.

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Reversed Cards: When is it time to walk away, and when is it time to stay? When is it time to turn our backs on all that we have felt, believed, and experienced, and when is it time to turn around and embrace them? If you have received this card in the blocked aspect, there is a possibility that you can’t seem to find an answer to the above questions or, more to the point, can’t find an answer to your current question or situation that feels right. When the Eight of Cups is blocked, you won’t be able to navigate all the emotions that are now presenting themselves to you. It might seem like the best action is to just walk away, but the problem is you have no idea where you would go.

Complete Book of Tarot: Finally, I should mention that the Golden Dawn associated each tarot card with a specific time period. These associations are included in the individual descriptions of the cards in subsequent chapters. I suggest experimenting with the above methods, and you can also Google tarot timing techniques to see if any of the suggestions for timing events are of use in your tarot practice.

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Complete Book of Tarot: When upright, the Death trump signals a period of significant change and transformation. A new seed is sprouting in your life. One chapter is ending and another beginning. This necessary process should not be denied or avoided. The major theme of this card is ‘out with the old to make way for the new.’ Have courage to face the unknown because new life awaits you. Keep in mind the biblical admonition: ‘Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit’ (John 12:24, KJV).