DEEPER MEANING MOVING ON WEARINESS
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SEEKING DEEPER MEANING focusing on personal truth leaving the rat race looking for answers concentrating on what is important starting on a journey of discovery finding out the facts devoting more time to the spiritual Reversed Early Phase: You may start seeking deeper meaning. A hunger for truth could develop. A journey of discovery may begin in the future. Spiritual matters could become important. The atmosphere may turn serious. Late Phase: You're less concerned with meaning now. Honest answers no longer matter. The serious tone is disappearing. People are forgetting what's important. Your spiritual yearnings are fading. |
MOVING ON realizing the current cycle is over abandoning a hopeless situation disentangling yourself starting on a trip of unknown length letting go finishing up and walking away Reversed Early Phase: You may need to move on in the future. The time to let go is approaching. Someone may decide to walk away. You're thinking of abandoning the situation. Late Phase: Someone has moved on. You've removed yourself from the problem. A door has closed. You've said your goodbyes. A phase is ending. You no longer need to move on. |
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feeling drained by demands dragging through the day feeling tired and listless lacking energy losing hope getting weighed down by worries becoming burned out |
Reversed Early Phase: You could become fatigued. Someone may grow tired of the situation. Worry could consume you in the future. Burnout may become an issue. A struggle may eventually wear you out. Late Phase: Lack of energy is no longer a problem. The weight of the world has been lifted off your shoulders. You feel less tired now. The risk of burnout is ending. The mood of resignation is lifting. |
Description
A psychologist friend once told me that when a group is ready to break up, the members give off subtle signs to that effect. They display a certain restlessness. They arrive late to meetings, communicate less, and seem distracted. At some level the participants know it is time to move on, but they need a while to work up to that final step.
This process applies in many situations where an ending is approaching. Nothing is permanent in life. Sooner or later, everything slips away ... or we slip away from it. The Eight of Cups stands for those moments when we realize, once and for all, that the past is gone. What was true is no longer true. The signs of change are in our face, and we must accept them. It is time to move on.
Moving on can mean a physical change such as leaving a job, location, or relationship. It can also mean an inner change—releasing old patterns, especially those that have dominated our thoughts and emotions. On the Eight of Cups, we see a man leaving on a journey. He has turned away from his old feelings (cups/river) to strike out on a new path. Sometimes moving on can mean searching for a deeper truth or reality. One day we wake up and realize that we have been asleep in our own lives—living a dream that no longer satisfies.
Some changes can be wearying. Endings are not always easy. One of the signs of a readiness to leave is lack of energy. When you feel tired and dispirited, you know that something is wrong, and it's time for a new direction. Reexamine your life and your priorities. You will find where in your life you need to move on.
Some Possible Opposing Cards
Some Possible Reinforcing Cards
Hermit—searching for deeper meaning
Death—moving on, leaving
Three of Wands—going on a trip, going into new territory
Eight of Wands—finishing up, ending a chapter
Six of Swords—moving on, going on a trip
