Eight of Swords
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.