tarot card meanings · minor arcana · cups
eight of cups — tarot card meaning
The stacked cups abandoned; the honest departure at moonrise.
reversed
Leaving too soon, or staying long after the meaning left.
two philosophical anchors, cited
Knowing when the play is over · Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.36 (tr. Long)
“Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.”
Withdrawing when the work is done · Daodejing, ch. 9 · after Legge
“To withdraw when the work is done is the way of Heaven.”
the question we would ask
What did these eight cups give you that you can only keep by walking away?
how a reading is composed — and why it ends with a question, not a prediction.