astral-dove
Eight of Swords
swords-8
restriction • limitation • confinement • helplessness
Statistics
arcaneMinor
suitSwords
number8
numerology8 (The Action: movement, outer work, swiftness)
astrologyJupiter in Gemini
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
  • Description

    A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable bondage.

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