Eight of Swords
Tarot de Marseille
Essence: A mind in order and in silence, clear, clean thought, discerning what matters, mental tranquillity, perfected reasoning
Card glossary › Tarot de Marseille
General meaning
Upright
claritymental orderdiscernmentinner silenceprecision
↕ Reversed: Perfectionism closed in on itself, rigid thoughts, fixed ideas, clarity that turns into closed-mindedness, excessive mental control
By topic
- Love
- seeing clearly what you feelwithout self-deceptionhonestyclean communicationdiscernment
- Friendship
- honestyclarity in the relationshipno self-deceptionsinceritygood listening
- Family
- clarity at homeclean communicationorderagreementsserenity
- Career
- professional precisionfocusanalysisclear goalsclean work
- Work
- concentrationclean workprecisionanalysisdiscernment
- Studies
- concentrationclear minddeep studyprecisionclarity
- Money
- clear accountsprecise analysisclean decisionsorderly bookkeepingdiscernment
- Pets
- understanding its needsclear treatmentprecise observationcalmsimple rules
- Health
- still mindmeditationsilencemental restbodily clarity
- Choices
- discern what mattersdecide without noiseclarityorderobjectivity
- Creative projects
- editingrefiningthe essence of the projectfocusclarity
- Creativity
- polishing an idea down to the essentialseditingprecisionrefiningclarity
The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.
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Images: Tarot de Marseille, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).