Eight of Wands: tarot card meaning

Eight of Wands is card 8 in the suit of Wands, associated with the element of Fire. Drawn upright it speaks of momentum, passion, initiative; reversed, of passion blocked, stalled action.

Upright meaning

momentum, passion, initiative

Rapid movement and swift communication -- things are arriving quickly and it is time to keep up the pace.

Reversed meaning

passion blocked, stalled action

Delay, crossed wires or a rush that misses the target -- slow down enough to aim.

The suit of Wands belongs to Fire and to passion, initiative and growth.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Eight of Wands 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.