Keywords
Material Satisfaction

Executive ability, management, power, materiality, unscrupulousness. Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals. MONEY. Indicates a positive change of mind or status because the beneficial qualities of the number 8 are rarely diluted.

UPRIGHT
Strength; patience; courage; fortitude; perseverance; determination; soft control; leadership; will-power; self-control; energy; conviction; confidence; faith in oneself; honesty; compassion; unconditional love and understanding.

REVERSED
Cowardice; weakness; lack of self confidence; powerless; fragile; insecurity; inactive; lowered vitality; wasted energy; imbalance; overwhelmed; self-defeating behavior; egotism; arrogance; abuse of power.

UPRIGHT
Hope; inspiration; enlightenment; positive thinking; serenity; inner calm; insight; intuition; awareness; revelations; patience; grace; beauty; health; optimism; opportunity; self-esteem; confidence; wish fulfilled. [Seeking Spiritual Enlightenment].

REVERSED
Loss of hope; loss of faith; doubt; loss of inspiration; pessimism; weakness; disappointment; waste/loss; self-doubt; lack of courage and initiative; fear; distrust; anxiety; rejection; poor self image; misunderstandings; unprepared; identity crisis; depression; hopes defeated; abandonment. [Spiritual Low Point].

UPRIGHT
Self-delusions; illusion; fear; secrets; bewilderment; confusion; deception; betrayal; imagination; nightmare; strange dreams; intuition; obscurity; travel; change; negative moods; fertility; romance; rumors and misrepresentations.

REVERSED
Moving toward the light and enlightenment; deception unmasked; confusion ends; beneficial changes; mysteries solved; secrets revealed; finding the truth; dishonesty ends; thinking more clearly; seeing reality; creativity; storms weathered.

8 of Wands

UPRIGHT:
Speed; quick action; rapid progress; smooth sailing; completion; news; messages; new ideas; insight; urgency; great haste; communication. [Need for a quick resolution to a problem/situation. Internet, email, any type of high speed communication. Quickie Sex/One-Nighter].

REVERSED:
Too much haste; pushiness; impulsiveness; excessive speed; too much pressure; pushing too hard; out of control; hasty decisions; getting nowhere fast; insecurity.

8 of Swords

UPRIGHT:
Restricted; trapped; isolation; anxiety; worry; fear; confusion; indecision; lack of confidence; powerlessness; seeing no way out; crisis; oppression; denial of truth. [Usually all these things are self-imposed and just in your mind - but not always].

REVERSED:
Release; breaking free; liberation; facing the truth; seeing the light; overcoming fear; renewed faith in oneself; freedom from restriction; productivity restored.

8 of Cups

UPRIGHT:
Moving away from a bad or unhappy situation; moving on; voluntarily letting go; saying good-bye; walking away; leaving past behind; starting over; searching; serious emotional choices; breaking free before things become harder. [Using the Rider-Waite/8 of Cups this card can mean a time period of between 1 to 3 months according to some people].

REVERSED:
Satisfaction; contentment; emotional fulfillment found; joy restored; socializing; reunion; new pleasures; can also indicate a refusal to move on or clinging to the past; trouble making commitments.

8 of Pentacles

UPRIGHT: Apprenticeship; skill; knowledge; attention to detail; competence; being prepared; pride and effort; preparation; dedication; initiative; craftsmanship; self-employment; stability. [Tedium and Boredom]

REVERSED:
Misapplying skills; laziness; lack of commitment; lack of concentration; skipping details; cutting corners; dishonesty; fraud; cheating; poor quality; pretending to have knowledge; impatience; fruitless labor; sense of entitlement; over-charging.