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Eight of Cups
Card "Eight of Cups" Credit: Tarot Rider-Waite

VIII Eight of Cups

The Eight of Cups symbolizes loss, but it can be positive, because the card also carries change impulses at its core. Therefore, it may be that you have to get rid of weight from the past to give a new direction to things related to the issue or in your current moment.

Maybe you have to accept some breakup or you may still be starting a journey to get to know yourself better and start over. Keep an open heart to fully embrace this renewal. The message is that even in the midst of sadness or loneliness, we have to raise our heads and think positive, because good things await us. It suggests leaving the hurts and disappointments behind and looking for what really matters.

A little more about Eight of Cups...

The Eight of Cups symbolizes feelings of abandonment from loss. There is a certain sadness in this card, as a feeling of detachment or isolation. However, it is an energy of change, of transition.

In it, we see a man who has left something behind. He seems to be resentful, hurt, but he would rather take the arduous path ahead of him than mope around or victimize. He has chosen to abandon what is familiar and comfortable to him in pursuit of other goals. He is embarking on a spiritual and consciousness-raising journey.