Eight of Swords

Classic tarot card image of Eight of Swords
  • Get over playing the victim
  • Once you realize you are your own biggest obstacle, nothing can hold you back
  • restriction
  • limitation
  • confinement
  • helplessness

Upright

  • Honoring limits
  • Respecting the rules
  • Deciding to go on a diet for your health's sake
  • Recognizing you cannot always be in control
  • Identifying obstacles to further progress
  • Refusing to think about unhealthy or unethical options
  • Asking for assistance

Reversed

  • Feeling trapped
  • Being lost in a maze of rules and regulations
  • Giving in to despair
  • Playing the victim
  • Allowing others to dictate what you can and cannot do
  • Being rendered helpless
  • Having very few options
  • Failing to look for a way out