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so I pulled eight of cups reversed like three times over two months in readings about my photography side project. and honestly I kept reading it as "stay, don't give up" which felt right because I was proud of the work and didn't want to quit.
but nothing was moving. I wasn't growing, I wasn't enjoying it anymore, I was just... grinding. posting stuff nobody engaged with, shooting the same subjects out of habit.
then I finally sat with the card properly and looked up a few different interpretations and it hit me - reversed eight of cups isn't just "stay." it can also mean you're ALREADY emotionally checked out but refusing to admit it. like you've left in your heart but you keep showing up out of inertia or fear.
that was me exactly. I wasn't present in the project at all. I was just going through the motions because I didn't want to feel like I failed.
once I named that, I gave myself permission to just... pause it. not quit forever, just stop forcing it. and almost immediately I felt this weight lift.
anyone else had a reversed card mean something completely different than what you first assumed?
omg yes!! I had the same experience with the reversed hermit. I kept reading it as "stop isolating" but it turned out to mean I was seeking solitude for the wrong reasons - hiding instead of healing.
took me way too long to see it lol
This is such a beautiful moment of clarity, and I love how you honored it.
The cards whisper to us in layers. Eight of cups reversed is one of those deceptive cards - on the surface it looks like "don't walk away," but so often it's pointing to that quiet emotional abandonment we do to ourselves before we ever admit it out loud.
Trust your inner knowing when it tells you something feels hollow. That feeling is always the real message. Pausing with awareness is so much wiser than pushing through numbly.
"left in your heart but still showing up" - this is going to live in my head forever. I needed to read this today for something completely unrelated to tarot lol
the part about going through the motions out of fear of feeling like a failure is SO real. I think I've done that with like three different things in my life and never had the words for it.
thank you for sharing this, genuinely helpful thread
this thread!! I had the exact same thing happen with the reversed five of cups
I kept reading it as "stop dwelling on loss, look at what's left" which made logical sense. but I was interpreting it as permission to just... keep going in a situation that was draining me.
turns out it was pointing to the fact that I was ALREADY grieving the thing but hadn't admitted it to myself yet. the card was way ahead of me.
your framing of "left in your heart but still showing up" is exactly it. gonna save this thread forever
wanted to update y'all since a few people have dm'd me about this!
it's been about three weeks since I paused the photography project and honestly... it's been really good. I stopped feeling guilty about it almost immediately which told me everything.
I actually picked up the camera again last week just for fun - no posting, no goals, just shooting stuff I found interesting. and I remembered why I loved it in the first place.
the eight of cups reversed really did know what it was talking about lol. sometimes the pause IS the work
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