Swords · tarot

Eight of Swords

Bound and blindfolded between blades, and the ropes are loose. The trap is real and partly built by you.

Jupiter in Gemini · Mithuna 1st decanUpright & reversedFree
EightEight of Swords. A woman stands bound and blindfolded among eight swords set in the mud, the ropes loose, a castle on the hill behind.Eight of SwordsJupiter in Gemini · Mithuna 1st decan
SuitSwords · Air
RankEight
Book T calls itShortened Force
ElementAir
PlanetJupiter · Guru
SignGemini · Mithuna
Decan1 · 0°–10° Gemini
What the card shows

A woman stands bound and blindfolded among eight swords set in the mud, the ropes loose, a castle on the hill behind.

Upright
trappedself-limitingno options

Bound and blindfolded between blades, and the ropes are loose. The trap is real and partly built by you.

Reversed
freeingseeing the wayreleased

Working the rope free. The way out is where it always was.

In love

Feeling stuck in something you can in fact leave.

In work

List what is actually stopping you. It is shorter than you think.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Eight of Swords being Jupiter in Gemini describes the card and not your chart.

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