Eight of Swords
Swords
Meanings
- trapped
- restricted
- victimised
- paralysed
- helpless
- powerless
- imprisonment
Meanings Reversed
- freedom
- release
- taking control
- survivor
- facing fears
- empowered
- surrender
Other Meanings
- honoring limits
- respecting the rules
- deciding to go on a diet for your health's sake
- recognizing you cannot always be in control
- identifying obstacles to further progress
- refusing to think about unhealthy or unethical options
- asking for assistance
Other Meanings Reversed
- feeling trapped
- being lost in a maze of rules and regulations
- giving in to despair
- playing the victim
- allowing others to dictate what you can and cannot do
- being rendered helpless
- having very few options
- failing to look for a way out
Meanings
- restriction
- limitation
- confinement
- helplessness
Fortunes
- Get over playing the victim
- Once you realize you are your own biggest obstacle, nothing can hold you back
Questions
- Who's empowered to cut through the red tape?
- What, exactly, are the obstacles? What resources, exactly, are needed to move them?
- To what extent is your powerlessness a matter of attitude?
- Numerology
- 8 (The Action: movement, outer work, swiftness)
- Affirmation
- "I know my own limits."