Eight of Swords

Eight of Air · a card from the Eutheum deck

Upright

restriction, feeling trapped

Reversed

self-liberation, a new perspective

Upright meaning

A feeling of being trapped, helpless and limited, often more in your head than in reality. The Eight of Air says you see only obstacles. Like the bound, blindfolded woman on the lonely rock, it seems there is no way out, but the blades don't block the way completely.

Reversed meaning

Breaking free, a new perspective, taking the blindfold off. You are starting to see the way out that was there all along.

Love and relationships

Feeling trapped in a relationship, fear of change. Reversed: the courage to leave a limiting situation.

Work and money

A situation with no way out, limitations, fear of moving. Reversed: new possibilities, breaking the deadlock.

The card's advice

Take off the blindfold. The way out is closer than you think.

In Natuland

A bound, blindfolded woman stands on a small, lonely rock among the clouds, surrounded by eight blades. She seems trapped, but the blades don't block her way completely.

Symbols on the card

• A blindfold and bonds: a feeling of helplessness.
• Eight blades around her: limitations, often in your own head.
• A lonely rock in the clouds: isolation.
• A tower in the distance: a place you can return to once the blindfold comes off.

The cards, characters and lands come from the novel “The Eutheum Awakening”. See the book →