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Pentacles · Earth

Eight of Pentaclesfor Aquarius · Health and Energy

Eight of Pentacles tarot card

"Mastery isn't the question. What you do next is."

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On the card

An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies. Pentacles represents wealth and eight represents achievement. Together this card signifies a productive period and artistry.

Upright
MasterySkill DevelopmentDiligenceCraftsmanship

This card signifies that your hard work is paying off-- you've put in the time and you are proud of your creations. Spend time crafting and creating. Romantically, perhaps you will find someone who has the same creative passions and/or will collaborate on a project together.

Reversed

You are working hard but getting no where. A frustrating card-- you are spinning your wheels on projects that bring you satisfaction. Follow your passions and listen to your heart. Take a break.

Its place in the deck.

Minor ArcanaNumber card
One of the 56 Minor Arcana. They are about what is happening in ordinary life right now. Each belongs to one of four suits, numbered Ace to Ten, plus four court cards.
SuitPentacles · Earth
Pentacles are the suit of Earth: matter and time. A Pentacles card is always, underneath, about the body, the money, the calendar, the actual physical situation.
NumberEight
The numbers tell a story inside each suit, from a seed at the Ace to the full expression at Ten. Eight is the work: unglamorous repetition, the part nobody posts about.

Where it shows up.

In the stars
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EarthElement
Your body, health, money, and the physical. In tarot: Pentacles.
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Eight of Pentacles for Aquarius in Health and Energy

The Visionary

Pentacles are the earth suit, so the Eight of Pentacles sits in Capricorn. Capricorn sits directly beside Aquarius, the one relationship a sign cannot see clearly because it is too close to get any distance on. What it asks for is this: change one concrete arrangement this week. The difficulty is noticing it is being asked at all. Upright, the work is available, and it is repetitive rather than dramatic.

When reading about health through an Aquarius lens, the Eight of Pentacles says that you feel like your body is a thing that happens to you, a system you monitor from outside (or ignore completely), and something that needs things from you at the worst possible times. This has either taught you hard lessons about what happens when you wait too long, or you are still waiting. The body has been sending the same signal for months and nobody has bothered to listen. The Aquarius blind spot in it is being ordinary, or worse, being needed in a way that pins them down.

In practice that can look like sleep, food, walking. Whatever form it takes, it is going to take unglamorous repetition.

Somewhere else?

WorkRelationshipSelfWealthMy Future

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