These cards to me all have really strong storylines.They are like the picture that paints a thousand words? I would like you to work through each picture, try and see a positive and uplifting meaning in each and perhaps a negative or downside to each too.   Think of the different meanings and then choose one and see if you can wirite a short story, a paragraph or so on the picture, where is the querent? Is the card in positive  or negative mode?

For instance..... the 8 of swords, in negative mode the meaning is quite obvious? Restraint, blindness, damp, fear, cold, stress?  In positive mode perhaps the lady is playing with her children, the swords arranged to stop them from going near the water and cliff face, blind mans bluff where she is blindfolded and has to find them?

Eight Cups
negative aspect:Here i see a man that as realized that the partnership/relationship work project he as put so much love and devotion into isn't working. so bravely he has turned his back on it, as the moon is out this may not have been an ease decision/ positive aspect: but the sun shines to so although he as a up hill struggle with his emotions he knows tomorrow will bring another day so the way he feels wont last .his red cloak gives him the strength to see a new day although his green trouser say he doesn't know what the future holds
Eight Wands
positive aspect:Here i see a bright blue sky and fertile branches all heading for the sky which makes me feel optimistic may be i will travel through the sky or my business will hit a busy time:negative aspect:somebody has turned my world up side down now i have delays in travel or my business will hit hard times this gives me a sinking feeling
Eight Swords
negative aspect:This i feel is an illusion Ive been bound and blind folded ,blind in a situation so led to believe by my despair that i cannot move from where i am, in this state of mind i can only make my self feel worse. positive aspect:If i except my guilt or that i did my best, then i will  move away from these bad feelings i have and feel good again
Eight Pentacles
positive aspect:Here i see my self mesmerized in the moment I'm not doing this for any one else but my self so i loose my self in my work and do the best i can, this is something i enjoy and i will get better and better at it if i work hard, i could earn a living with this skill: negative aspect:ho darn-it Ive hit my thumb cant work now ill live of someone else and be lazy

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VIII of Wands:
Last time we left the Wands we had a man struggling with seven wands with one in hand and he almost had the struggle under control until, out of nowhere, another wand join in then he became overwhelmed and threw all eight away.  
Upon second thought, armed with a new ideal to take on one struggle at a time, he walks up to where they planted themselves.  He knows with every trouble you learn and become stronger.  He knows there is plenty of good soil and water nearby so he will tend the ground and nurture it.  He knows with hard work that his troubles with go away and something new and wonderful will grow from his effort.  

VIII of Cups:
A man with a staff walks away from everything that he has known. He leaves his wife, his kids, and all his possessions.  He feels lifeless as the night he walks into.  He feels hopeless as a candle’s last wick.  The day is fading and the candle is burning out.  He now must face the dark and stumble his way the best that he can.  He not sure why he feels alone and sad or why he must start over.  He just knows that it is the path he must take.  
What door will open?  What will be the next card to drop?  Will he face doom or happiness?  Will he buy a shiny new red sports car and find a younger girlfriend?  

VIII of Swords:
There are a lot of options, opinions, worries that surround and hold our blindfolded women.  Thankfully she is not gagged and can still speak her mind.  If she cannot reach the river she can still touch the puddles.  If she can see past her blindfold and turn around there is a path between the eight swords that keep her from straying off the path.  If only she would remove her blindfold and turn around  and follow the path to the river.

VIII of Pentacles:
“I’m almost done!  I just need to finish this one and my collection will be complete.  I’ve work all day and if I can just go on, for just one more, just one more, then I will be done!  I will have gain more then the faces on the coin and their worth.  I will know my own worth and cherish it.”

Eight of wands: sucess, swiftness
   Reversed:stagnation
Eight of cups: starting a journey of self discovery
   Reversed: divorce
Eight of swords: burdens, fears, bondage, restriction
   Reversed:new beginnings, relaxation, pressure leaving
Eight of pentacles: craftsmanship, skill, financial recognition
   Reversed:slowdown in work, mediocre work, think about a new career

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