Tarot for Real Life by Jack Chanek

Author:Jack Chanek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: jack chanek;tarot;tarot cards;tarot card reading;reading tarot cards;how to read tarot cards;tarot for real life;tarot for beginners;tarot for everyday questions;tarot for fortunetelling;fortunetelling;divination
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2022-03-29T18:39:34+00:00

Eight of Cups

The core energy of the suit of Cups is about love, joy, and fulfillment, but there are a variety of ways that we achieve that feeling. Sometimes, it comes from reaching out to the people and things that make us happy. Other times, it’s about letting go of the people and things that make us unhappy. The Eight of Cups is the latter sort of card. This card is about saying “enough is enough” and walking away from a situation that no longer serves you. It signals that the time has come for something to end, and that you need to take it upon yourself to know when to walk away.

In the card itself, we see a cloaked figure with their back turned to the viewer, retreating deeper into the frame of the image and climbing up a mountain into the distance. We don’t know exactly what they’re walking away from, but one thing is abundantly clear: this person is done. They have had enough, and they are ready to walk away and never look back.

Learning when to let go can be a challenging lesson. Many of us have been conditioned to feel like quitting or giving up is a sign of weakness and that we should stick with any project, relationship, or commitment no matter how much grief it brings us. Sometimes, though, there really is nothing to be gained from trying to stay in a situation that makes us unhappy. Having that realization is not a weakness; rather, it takes tremendous strength. Only once we have let go of the things that make us unhappy can we move forward and make our lives better. We have to release the bad things in our lives in order to make room for the good things.

Depending on temperament, some people can err too far in the other direction, dropping every project as soon as it gets hard, abandoning every relationship at the first fight, and failing to follow through on anything. This is, of course, not ideal either. We should only walk away from the things that are genuinely no longer good for us—not the things that challenge us to grow and learn. The Eight of Cups can, in some circumstances, suggest that you’re too ready to walk away, and that the lesson you need to learn is how to stay rather than how to leave.

In all cases, the theme of this card is about judging whether or not it’s time for you to be done with something—and knowing whether you should stick it out or call it quits. This can apply to romantic relationships, work situations, or really any situation in which you have an option to walk away. Often, the decision signaled by the Eight of Cups is a hard one, because it’s never easy to consider abandoning something that you’ve invested your time and energy into. Even so, the Eight of Cups reminds us that it’s important to know when enough is enough and when it’s time to move on to other, better things.

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