balena
This card has been getting my attention lately. Traditionally this card can be viewed as the 'Leaving an emotional situation that is no longer tenable', 'emotional bravery' and many other things. However, I've been sensing a different side to this minor these last few weeks. I'm definitely getting a passive aggressive feel from this 8. I also feel that this card represents the eternal 'dater' - one who moves from one relationship to another without a break, knee-jerking if something isn't quite right. The reason I think this is because of how the figure is dressed and also how the moon is depicted. The figure is dressed in Red (as opposed to the mournful black of the 5). The cloak and boots scream to me:' I'm dressed in my finery, I'm off on the pull because you don't cut the mustard buddy' - also, the figure has a wand in hand (could be seen as rebound type sexual activity or the need for sex to fill the emotional void left from lack of cups). The moon here, to me, shows the figure is in the mood to fall in love again. Off s/he goes in their finery, turning their back on the cups they have, on the search for the two cups that will bring them their ultimate fulfilment (or so they believe). What the figure doesn't realise is that you can't stay 'in love' forever. Emotions evolve over time into something deeper. So the figure in the 8 is on the eternal quest to stay 'in love' and when things get stale they bail.
What do you think? Have you had a sense of this with this 8?
What do you think? Have you had a sense of this with this 8?