Eight Of Cups

Card Number: 28

Card Name: Eight Of Cups

Core Attributes

• ✨Astrological Correspondences:✨♓ Saturn in Pisces
• ✨Element:✨💧 Water
• ✨Direction:✨🧭 West
• ✨Numerology:✨8️⃣ 8
• ✨Archetype:✨🎭 The Seeker, The Pilgrim, The Quest for Meaning
• ✨Energy:✨⚡ Transition, letting go, withdrawal, spiritual journey, seeking deeper purpose
• ✨Keywords:✨🗝
  • Upright Keywords for The Eight of Cups:
  • Walking away
  • Abandonment
  • Letting go
  • Seeking deeper meaning
  • Transition
  • Self-discovery
  • Moving on
  • Emotional growth
  • Detachment
  • Leaving behind
  • Reversed Keywords for Eight of Cups:
  • Fear of change
  • Stagnation
  • Avoidance
  • Escapism
  • Indecision
  • Returning to past situations
  • Emotional baggage
  • Feeling stuck
  • Inability to move forward
• ✨Basic Meaning:✨📖 In the upright position, the Eight of Cups represents walking away from situations, relationships, or circumstances that no longer serve your highest good. It symbolizes emotional growth, self-discovery, and the courage to leave behind what is familiar in pursuit of deeper meaning or personal fulfillment. In the reversed position, the Eight of Cups can indicate fear of change, avoidance, or difficulty letting go. It may suggest stagnation, returning to past patterns, or an inability to move forward until emotional issues are fully addressed.

Symbols & Associations

• ✨Gemstones:✨💎Obsidian, Labradorite, Black Onyx, Amethyst, Lepidolite
• ✨Herbs:✨🌿 Mugwort, Sage, Wormwood, Cypress, Willow
• ✨Runes:✨ᚠ Raido
• ✨Tree:✨🌳 Cypress, Poplar
• ✨Chakra:✨🌀 Third Eye, Crown

Cultural and Mythological Links

• ✨Deities:✨👑 Hecate, Hermes, Odin, Persephone
• ✨Sabbats:✨ 🎃 Samhain
• ✨Archangel:✨👼 Azrael, Jeremiel, Cassiel
• ✨Shem Angel:✨🪽 Mehiel, Manakel
• ✨Native American Totem Animals:✨🦉 Wolf, Owl, Horse
• ✨I-Ching:✨📜59 Huan – Dispersion
• ✨Tree of Life:✨🌲 Hod

Additional Details

✨Timing (When it should come about):✨⏳ 8 days, 8 weeks

✨Season:✨❄️ Late Winter

✨Month:✨📅 March

✨Day of the Week:✨🗓 Saturday

✨Time of the Day:✨🌞 Dusk / Twilight

✨Yes/No Answer:✨✅❌ Maybe

✨Count:✨#️⃣ 8

✨Colors:✨🎨 Indigo, Black, Dark Blue, Violet

✨Aura Colors:✨🌈 Deep indigo, Violet, Gray

✨Moon Phase:✨🌙 Waning Moon

✨Weather:✨⛅ Fog, Overcast skies, Cold wind

✨Metal:✨⚙️ Lead

✨Scents:✨🌸 Myrrh, Cypress, Patchouli, Sage

✨Chocolate:✨🍫 Dark Chocolate

✨Candle Type:✨🕯️ Spell Candle

✨Common Associations:✨🔗 Letting go, emotional withdrawal, leaving behind what no longer serves, endings and transitions, spiritual searching, abandoning old attachments, choosing solitude for growth, quest for truth, moving on, leaving comfort for higher purpose, disillusionment, soul journey

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