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Eight of Cups

Minor Arcana cups

Represents the difficult but necessary choice to walk away from the known.

Abandonment walking away spiritual journey disillusionment seeking truth.

✨ Upright Meaning

Leaving a disappointing situation, self-discovery, spiritual quest, emotional withdrawal.

Fear of leaving, returning to an old situation, stagnation, hesitation.

Leaving a situation that no longer serves you in search of something deeper.

Quitting a well-paid but unfulfilling job; seeking a new purpose.

Walking away from a relationship that lacks emotional depth.

Leaving an unhelpful doctor or treatment; finding a more holistic path.

A spiritual pilgrimage; leaving comfort for enlightenment.

Reversed: Fear of leaving, returning to an old situation, stagnation, hesitation.

Reversed work meaning - challenges or blockages in: quitting a well-paid but unfulfilling job; seeking a new purpose.

Reversed love meaning - difficulties in: walking away from a relationship that lacks emotional depth.

Reversed health meaning - caution regarding: leaving an unhelpful doctor or treatment; finding a more holistic path.

Reversed spirituality - disconnection from: a spiritual pilgrimage; leaving comfort for enlightenment.