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Eight of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
The Eight of Wands tarot card means speed, news and swift progress. Fast movement and news.
Upright
- Speed
- news
- swift progress
Reversed
- Delays
- frustration
- waiting
Yes or no
Maybe
The Eight of Wands is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Wands. Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, work you care about and the drive to get things moving.
What the card shows
Eight wands fly through the air at a slant over open country and a river. There are no people on the card.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Eight of Wands is read as speed. Things that were stuck suddenly move, messages arrive, travel comes up. It is a card of momentum.
Eight of Wands reversed
Reversed, it is read as delays, crossed wires and frustration at waiting.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Eight of Wands is usually read as a maybe: the answer depends on something not settled yet. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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