Minor Arcana · Wands · fire
Eight of Wands
Eight of Wands in tarot is a card of speed, swiftness and movement.
Key meanings
- speed
- swiftness
- movement
- news
- rapid progress
Eight of Wands upright
Swift movement: events speed up, and news and change come flying toward you.
The shadow side
Flying so fast that you lose sight of the goal itself.
Eight of Wands reversed
The current bogs down: delays, fuss, scattered energy, everything stalling.
Eight of Wands as the card of the day
Everything around you has suddenly come alive and taken off, events and news and answers flying toward you like arrows. Do not slow this current with doubt, this is a time for lightness and quick decisions. Just make sure you know where you are flying.
The question this card asks
Where exactly are you flying so fast, and is it truly where you meant to go?
Eight of Wands: yes or no?
yes
Eight wands fly through open air. Fast and heading your way. Yes.
Placed on the five-step scale a card of fire like this one comes out at yes, and the rest is yours to make.
In a yes-or-no draw one card gives weight, and the weight here comes from speed. Pull your own card →
Every card is a mirror, not a verdict. Walk the other arcana and listen to what they say together.
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Eight of Wands (fire) - a good card or a bad one?
The deck holds no plainly bad card. It carries speed and swiftness, and whether that reads warm or difficult is decided by your question and by the position. I am not here to frighten you.
Is Eight of Wands one of the minor arcana, and what does fire mean here?
Minor, suit of Wands (fire). The fifty-six minors are the deck's daily life and the twenty-two majors its great turns, and this daily life moves with fire.
Where does Eight of Wands fall between Ace and King in the suit of fire?
Seven of Wands passes, then this card comes, then Nine of Wands. Fourteen ranks, Ace to King, and fire is the material of all of them.
Does Eight of Wands (fire) read differently the other way up?
Set the right way up, the card speaks of speed and swiftness without a mute on it. Upside down it reads as the same thing withheld, and fire is what is being withheld.