Eight of Cups tarot card meaning

walking away · search · departure

Minor Arcana · Cups

Upright meaning

Leaving something good-enough to look for something true.

Reversed meaning

Staying out of guilt, or leaving without understanding why.

Symbolism

Cups hold what can be poured out or kept: emotion given shape. As a Cups card it belongs to water, the suit of feeling, relationship, intuition and the inner life.

Questions to sit with

• · Where is this card's energy already present in your life?
• · If this card were advice from a friend, what would they be telling you to do?
• · What would need to change for the reversed version to become upright?