The Images of the Tarot Oracle in Psychic Readings

The Eight of Swords

The ties that bind are described in the image of Eight Swords. Here, a portent of constraint and restriction offers little hope for escape from whatever issue may be plaguing the situation at hand. Since the presence of mental confusion about any such issue is a secondary aspect of its meaning, the image also often implies the need for a methodical and objective examination and analysis of the situation. However, the image may also describe circumstances that are beyond one's immediate control, and that limit one's options for the time being. It is common for the influence of the image of Eight Swords to lead to a feeling of powerlessness and hopelessness.

A client of ours was stuck in an unrewarding and tedious job, and asked for our insight into his prospects for finding something better. We were not surprised to see the appearance of the image of Eight Swords in his Reading. But it was particularly unwelcome to see in it a portent for what was to be expected in his career for a period extending one or two years into the future. We felt strongly that any desperate and precipitate action on his part would only complicate his situation further, increasing its negative aspects beyond what he already had to deal with. It is important to know not only how to act, but when. If the time is not ripe for progress, action can result in a futile waste of energy. It is then wiser to conserve one's resources, and to wait for the moment when action has a probability of effecting positive results. We could do no better in this instance than to advise patience, and we encouraged our client to bolster his faith that in the fullness of time he would be sure to experience the breakthrough to a better position that he so avidly desired.