I'm giving you a hard time
You asked about Lovers/Queen of Cups
I don't see the Queen of Cups as a mother. I see her as Water and everything Water entails. So the unconscious, psychic, intuition, empathy, compassion, etc I associate the Empress with the Mother which is why I asked.
Strangely I also see the Queen as death because of the important of water in many cultures in death rites. Passages from this world to the next are often marked by a journey over water. The Lady of Shallot etc who is very apt as she only saw reflections and floated from a life of dreams to reality. Too much to go into here. I think people often make the mistake of trying to fit gender stereotypes onto the Queens but don't seem to do so with the Kings it's interesting
If you look carefully at the RWS Queen of Cups you'll notice that she is a kind of fish and her tail touches the water. So she runs very deep in fact her emotions are fathomless. She is very happy in water as that is her element. In the Thoth, so much so that she acts as a reflection of others.
I read the 8 as immature here. I think this person likes the uncertainty of the chase but does not like the nitty gritty attention to detail in the 8. He's probably a bit flaky and unreliable and therefore immature. 8 is also the lemiscate so this is a pattern for him and quite ingrained. He would expect someone else to do all the work and put the pieces together. He may also find it difficult to concentrate especially on pragmatic details. The kind of person who cannot work on their own initiative. Sounds like quite a catch
Damn this is using Tarot cards so this is a reading if it's all the cards?!
Lovers Reversed, he doesn't want a relationship. I doubt he could concentrate long enough to maintain one. He is not mature enoough for a adult relationship.
Queen of Cups he is self absorbed. He is very much focused on himself and his emotional needs. He is a closed cup. He probably feels as though no one understands him or could as he is so deep and intense. He probably has an artistic side appreciating poetry, music or is really into something artistic quite intensely for example is obsessed with a band or particular type of music. I think he is so wrapped up in himelf that he does not have time to focus on anyone else. Concentrating on his feelings is a full time job so he couldn't possibly deal with the nitty gritty of a relationship aka he is a navel gazer