Eight of Swords
The blades leave a gap.
The Eight of Swords is the card of self-imposed limitation. A figure stands bound and blindfolded, surrounded by eight swords, and the path out is right behind her, if she'd turn around. The Eight is the prison whose door isn't locked.
Upright
- Restriction
- Feeling trapped
- Powerlessness
- Fear
Drawing this card often signals you feel stuck, but the stuckness is more in your mind than in your circumstance. The card asks you to take off the blindfold.
Reversed
- Release
- New perspective
- Freedom
Reversed, the Eight of Swords is the moment of freeing yourself: taking off the blindfold, stepping out of the swords. It can also mean realizing the cage was a story you told.
It can also indicate slipping back into the old constraint after a moment of freedom. The Eight reversed asks what familiar story is calling you back.
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