Eight of Cups
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
Leaving eight stacked cups, a figure climbs by moonlight
The courage to leave for something that matters more
Walking out as a way of not dealing
The cups are left in order — if the leaving is tidy, it is right
As your card of the day
If Eight of Cups is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “The courage to leave for something that matters more”. When it tips toward “Walking out as a way of not dealing”, remember the way the picture draws: The cups are left in order — if the leaving is tidy, it is right.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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