Tarot card

Eight of Cups

Eight of Cups: leaving behind an investment that no longer carries its former meaning. The card joins the water nature of Cups to its place in the numbered sequence.

2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Eight of Cups in full

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The oldest attribution here is Sephirah and number Hod, first attested 1888 CE.

Sephirah and number

  • Hod

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    The Eights concentrate skill on the matter at hand. They can work with real precision and success, though the result may reach no farther than the immediate task.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, p. 27

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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Suit and element

  • Water

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Cups express the powers of Water: receptivity, relationship, imagination, pleasure and emotional experience.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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