Eight of Swords

Eight of Swords tarot card meaning and psychological guide - Gigis Tarot

The Mental Prison

General Meaning

Upright

Feeling "trapped" by your own thoughts. The blindfold and ropes are loose-you could leave, but you think you can't. It is "Self-Imposed Limitation."

Reversed

"The Awakening." Realizing you are free. Taking off the blindfold. Facing the "swords" and walking through them.

Love

Upright

Feeling "trapped" in a relationship; being "paralyzed" by fear of what a partner will think.

Reversed

Finding the courage to leave; realizing you were never "trapped" but just afraid.

Career & Finance

Upright

"Golden handcuffs"; feeling you have "no options" in your career; financial "paralysis."

Reversed

Quitting a "dead-end" job; realizing your skills are marketable; breaking a restrictive contract.

Health

Upright

"Health anxiety"; psychosomatic "numbness"; feeling "victim" to a condition.

Reversed

Breaking a "mental" block in recovery; "reclaiming" power over your body.