Eight is the number of reflection and in the suit of swords it synthesizes condemnation and grave dangers.
Proper meaning: criticism
Period of greatest probability: November 2-7
Obverse meaning: serious troubles, bad news; criticism, discussion, defamation, condemnation; genitourinary disorders, surgery, accident risk.
Upside-down meaning: difficulties, obstacles, fatality, delay, boundless efforts; a painful but necessary radical transformation.
Arcanum's advice: to face a difficult period, reflecting on the choices made and the commitments made.
Pairings
- Next to the Popess: artifice.
- Next to the Lover: malice.
- Next to Justice: judicial summons.
- Next to the Hanged Man: disease.
- Next to Death: serious injury.
- Overthrown after the Tower: serious injury.
- Next to the Stars: affliction.
- Next to the Sun: advice.
- Next to the World: Difficult Struggles.
- Next to the Queen of Cups: defamation.
- Reversed, after the Four of Coins: discussion within the work.
