Eight of Pentacles
Interpretation:
Training, learning, selling something, economy, cunning, practical success, commissioned work, vanity.
Pleasure in work, Going to school. Slow gradual learning. needs more experience and knowledge. Developing a new skill at work. Attention to detail.
Reversed Interpretation:
Over careful, hording, voided ambition, over qualified.
Losing interest in a skill of feeling mediocre. Dropping out of school.
Persist in mastering a skill rather than giving up.
Devotes energies to a new area of interest.
The Lord of Prudence is not quite as austere a card as it first sounds.
It's another of those that works on more than one level. In the
purely material and mundane sphere it indicates a period where financial
resources must be carefully managed.
So long as it does not appear with cards like the 10 of Swords or the 5
of Pents, there will not normally be any grave material problem. But
there is a warning here that there may be unexpected expense, and good
money management will enable us to fund whatever arises.
At the next level, the 8 of Pents can apply to a period where you enter
into additional training in order to enhance your career projects. In
this case look for cards like the 3 of Pents, or the Ace, to indicate
some new area of study. Then look for cards like the Universe, or the Sun
to indicate the successful outcome of your efforts.
Finally in the spiritual area, when the Lord of Prudence comes up with
cards like the Priestess, Death, the Moon, or the Hierophant, you're
approaching a period of rapid spiritual development - almost an
initiation. In this case, this card is warning you to be alert for
opportunities, ready to deal with stress and pressure, and to manage your energies
thoughtfully and carefully. You can perhaps see the correlation which
exists with regard to energy management between the material and
spiritual definitions of the card - in either case energy must be regulated and
respected in order for life to go smoothly and for you to get the best
out of your experiences.
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