Eight of Swords寶劍八

Minor Arcana · Swords

The suit of Swords belongs to air: thought, communication and judgement, and the conflicts and pressures to be faced.

Upright meaning

Feeling trappedSelf-imposed limitsSeeing the way out

You may feel trapped, but some limits come from your own thinking. Look for the places that can give a little.

Something to do today

• Write down one thought that limits you, and find one exception to it.

Reversed meaning

ReleaseChoice regainedStepping out of the frame

You are starting to see that you do have choices. Step slowly out of the old frame.

Something to do today

• Do one small thing you thought you "couldn't".

About the card face

The card face is from the original 1909 Rider–Waite–Smith deck, drawn by Pamela Colman Smith and now in the public domain.