Tarot card
Eight of Wands
Eight of Wands: movement accelerating toward a definite destination. The card joins the fire nature of Wands to its place in the numbered sequence.
2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Eight of Wands in full
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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Fire, first attested 1888 CE.
Suit and element
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Fire
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
Wands express the powers of Fire: initiative, animation, desire, enterprise and force set in motion.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23
Sephirah and number
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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
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, p. 27