- Suit
- Cups
- Keywords
- Walking away • Searching
- Astrology
- Saturn in Pisces, 1st decan
- Yes or no
- No
Quietly leaving something that isn't enough; setting off without looking back.
Eight of Cups upright
Quietly leaving something that isn't enough; setting off without looking back. Cups belong to water: feelings, relationships and intuition. A Cups card asks what you feel, not what you think.
Eight of Cups reversed
Stuck between going and staying; putting off the goodbye for months.
A reversed card is not automatically bad news. It can mean the upright meaning is weaker, turned inward, or flipped; the cards around it tell you which.
In love and relationships
Quietly drifting away from a relationship that isn't enough; leaving without a fight.
Work and money
The urge to quit; setting out in search of meaning in your career.
Advice
Walking away from something that's merely good enough can be a sign of maturity. It doesn't have to be bad for you to go. Writing down your reason once before you leave cuts down on regret later.
Is Eight of Cups yes or no?
No. This card leans toward no, or not like this: what you are asking about runs into the obstacle the card describes.
Astrological correspondence
In the Golden Dawn system, which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn within, Eight of Cups corresponds to Saturn in Pisces, 1st decan.
