Tarot card

Eight of Swords

Eight of Swords: restriction that feels total but may be temporary and escapable. The card joins the air nature of Swords to its place in the numbered sequence.

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

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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Air, first attested 1888 CE.

Suit and element

  • Air

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

    Swords express the powers of Air: thought, judgment, conflict, communication and force consciously directed.

    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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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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