Eight of Cups: tarot card meaning

Eight of Cups is card 8 in the suit of Cups, associated with the element of Water. Drawn upright it speaks of momentum, feelings, connection; reversed, of feeling blocked, disconnection.

Upright meaning

momentum, feelings, connection

Walking away from what no longer fulfils you -- a deliberate leaving, in search of deeper meaning.

Reversed meaning

feeling blocked, disconnection

Fear of walking away, or a departure that has left you marooned -- the search itself is still valid.

The suit of Cups belongs to Water and to feelings, relationships and belonging.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Eight of Cups describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.