Tarot card meaning
Eight of Swords
A card concerned with thought, truth and difficult clarity.
Upright meaning
What is moving openly.
The Eight of Swords draws attention to thought, truth and difficult clarity. It asks you to notice where this energy is already active and how consciously you are meeting it.
Reversed meaning
What may be blocked or inward.
Reversed, Eight of Swords may point to blocked or internalised thought, truth and difficult clarity, delay, excess or an invitation to reconsider the usual direction.
Which thought needs to be questioned?