8 of Cups

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Dec 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

ros	11 Dec 2003
" Within 1 month the emotions that you have walked away from or are dealing with will be understood." This is one card I use as "one month". People are o.k. with that time frame for their emotions at the moment. Does the moon on this card mean another time frame? I'm not sure of the time frames of the moon cycles. Thanks for any replys.

Chronata	11 Dec 2003
~Ros... I really like this interpretation! The moon symbol is a nice way to judge a month's time. For me, I have always seen the moon symbol as a promise of growth. Both these interpretations work nicely together.

WalesWoman	12 Dec 2003
I was looking at this card the other day, trying to decide if the moon was waning or waxing. I never gave a thought to timing, but then I'm still so new to this that I haven't tried any timing readings. I'm still trying to get the astrological correspondences to the cards down, heck I'm still trying to get to the point when I see a card and flash on what it means and the picture to go with it, if I don't have my deck in hand.

sharon	14 Dec 2003
Hi, When i first looked at this card and had to describe it, it thought it looked like the moon was being eclipsed by the sun. So it could be regarded as reinforcing the fact that maybe your finally putting those thought of moving on and getting out of a rut into action. Sharon

TemperanceAngel	14 Dec 2003
Quote: Originally posted by WalesWoman I was looking at this card the other day, trying to decide if the moon was waning or waxing. I never gave a thought to timing, but then I'm still so new to this that I haven't tried any timing readings. I always thought that it was the dark moon, when there is no moon because it is sleeping. But I think it is the moon cycle, new waxing, full and waning. Just my take guys. As for timing, everyone has different periods of time for dealing with emotions, some one and some ten years, some in between and some never. You can't say the same for everyone, human nature isn't like that. XTAX

Mystic Zyl	15 Dec 2003
I reallly like this moon time idea. However, I have read for people that pulled this for months. For example this lady wanted to quit her job and it took her almost a year to do it. I would let intuition guide you on the 1 month rule. But this has made me see timing as in using the Moon card its self. This could be a 28 day cycle or changes when the new moon apears. Perhaps a person could draw another card to cross the Moon to indicate the number of days, weeks, months or years.

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