Eight of Cups Devil

Tarot Readings for you for January 20-21, 2019

 

World   Eight of Cups   Devil
World – Eight of Cups – Devil

 

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Vulnerabilities. We all have them. We all arm ourselves against the pitfalls, against our favorite sins and slip-ups. There’s the enemy within and the enemy without – whatever sets us off or triggers wanting something we don’t want to want. Today we look at moments our wall of defense is about to be breached, and the ways we counter the impending breach. Our guard goes up to keep us out of the red zone. We detach and we abort course. That is today’s story anyway.

 

 

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World   Eight of Cups   Devil

 

World – Eight of Cups – Devil

 

Tarot Readings : I Don’t Let It Get to Me World and Eight of Cups
World Eight of Cups

Things I have no connection to: I abandon my vice.

Don’t let it get to you: It’s not your problem.

Drop out, shut it out – it’s bad for you.

Prevent trouble from getting to you – just disappear.

Duck out, and shut out, a rude person.

I am being the immovable object that repels the force.

A hardened aura deflects harm.

This is so wrong, so I put up a wall of defense and exit the scene.

Nothing ruffles her feathers because she avoids attachments.

Prevent trouble by not acknowledging trouble.

I shall drop out, and not have to deal with the damned harassment.

I don’t get sick anymore: My immune system keeps that at bay.

People go bad and are not around here anymore.

I won’t let my bad side get to me anymore.

You are not really obligated, so don’t let that interfere with you.

Keep yourself out of that scene – avoid a bad situation.

Don’t let the hurt get to you: Don’t go there.

He has gone bad, and I have nothing to do with him.

The way to be invulnerable is to abandon your vulnerabilities.

 

Tarot Readings : I Drop My Guard World and Eight of Cups
World Eight of Cups

I have nothing in common with my drinking buddies anymore.

He goes totally out of his way for such a desirable woman.

I fall off the wagon, then steel myself against the addiction.

Making an exception to total abstinence is a mistake.

I drop my guard, and encounter an obstacle.

All of a sudden, I drop my guard and am in a funk.

 

 

 

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Synopsis

 

Nothing ruffles her feathers; she doesn’t get attached. For the rest of us, we don’t let the hurt get to us: We just don’t go there. But all of a sudden, I drop my guard and I’m in a funk. Drop out, shut it out, it’s bad for you, or be the immovable object that repels the force. It seems the only way to be invulnerable is to never get on that wagon we might fall off of – to never attach in the first place.

 

 

 

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World

World

You see a shapely woman dancing with wands (which symbolize power and connection to ‘out there’), nude, a thick wreath around her which is a circle of protection, a barrier. World has a very broad spectrum via this impenetrable-barrier concept. Examples of these meanings are: World is a superior person or VIP who is unreachable, a person ‘you can’t get through to’ for whatever reason, the good-looking gal who isn’t interested in a fellow, an eccentric in a world of his own, birth control, an area that is protected from assault or from contamination, shut out, bodyguards, hermetic seal against air or germs, a seal against intrusion of water such as a sea wall, even a pipe that contains water securely. As a dancer, World is a performer too. World means protection, obviously.

World illustrates the fact that if you can handle a threat, that situation is not going to confront you – that trouble avoids people who are ready for it. Deterrence, in a word. Bullies are cowards, whether they have bodies or not, and bullies are expert at spotting someone who wouldn’t mind tussling with them.

 

Eight of Cups

Eight of Cups

He is going out of his way, detouring around the river and hills that are in the way on his foot journey. The full and sliver moons indicate beginning and ending, which reiterates the theme of ‘over with before it begins’ and disruption. Our pilgrim is expected to get back on course after this detour. Eight of Cups is aborting course in some way – even running off the road, or getting lost, or vanishing. Eight of Cups is AWOL, dropping out, unfinished, abandoning, quitting, walking out, change, not getting around to it, not going through with it, not anymore, an exception, short-lived … and such things as that.

 

 

 

 

Devil

Devil

Rider Waite’s Devil is the devil of black magic, the evil horned one of Roman Catholic myth. The Marseilles deck is more the Norse god of mischief, Loki. Core meanings for this Tarot card are wrong use of force and bondage. This is such a general card that it does not set a theme; it supports one. It covers the spectrum of any bad or undesirable thing – any degree of them. It can mean hate or it can mean being out of sorts or grumpy. It can mean rude, and it can mean brutal. It means some neutral things like obligation, physically attached, physical, sex, ugly, dirty, and a bond of any kind.

 

 

 

 

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The cards make a movie of today’s action. There’s World with the wall of defense up that prevents those bad influences from even seeing her, much less intruding. Eight of Cups is going out of its way to avoid World. Devil identifies the bad influence, the mistake, the obstacle, the addiction, the mischief or evil. World is you being invulnerable by way of blocking undesirable influences. And the combination of Eight of Cups and Devil is, well, avoiding the undesirable influences. So your wall of defense sends the bad stuff away. That’s our story today.

World    It’s really true. In real time, you think of the perfect squelch to a recurring situation: ‘The next time someone stops in front of me instead of in the left turn lane, I shall occupy that lane and give them that dumb look.’ And you never get to do that. What used to happen several times a week never happens again. Why? – because, as World depicts here, when you are expert at handling the monster, the monster ain’t interested in you anymore – trouble avoids you.

The barrier concept applies across the board to unrelated subjects, making phrases you wouldn’t expect. Some of these are: the VIP, or the good looking gal isn’t interested and isn’t going to respond; unreachable or unavailable, block or shut out, don’t have to deal with, a superior person or expert, defenses, immovable object, privacy, in a world of your own, repel, deflect, don’t let it get to you, prevent, prevent problems, immune system. Rarely, World is a filter, a physical barrier like a sea wall, and anything that prevents contamination.

World is also the ideal woman, the trophy woman, the gorgeous or shapely woman . There are times when World describes keeping someone out of the loop, preventing contact or preventing someone from learning something.

Eight of Cups     ‘Abrogate,’ ‘detour,’ and ‘abort’ are accurate words for Eight of Cups. Common words for this picture of a person going out of his way on a pilgrimage because the mountain and river are in the way are: outta here, depart, not anymore, disrupted, detour, drop out, quit, derailed, disappear or vanish. Eight of Cups brings up some miscellaneous ones too, like: boycott, fell off the wagon, short-lived, isn’t the way, ran off the road. There’s a built-in assumption the pilgrim will resume course (by going around the mountain).

Devil in Rider Waite is Mr. Horns-and-Batwings from Christian medieval imagination. (Personally, I think something that tempts us looks good and speaks well.) In the Marseilles deck, the illustration is more like the mischievous Loki from Viking myth. Devil’s illustration makes the point that vices, attachment to evil, are voluntary bondage on the part of humans. Those loose chains say that. There’s the idea of misuse of energy or force (the upside-down torch).

In application in Tarot spreads, Devil often translates ‘mistake’ and ‘wrong.’ Devil is ‘bad guy’ too. Name something bad, and Devil can probably represent it: rude, dark side, force, forced or no choice, brutality, addiction, lust, sickness, disability, disreputable, bad times, problems – all sorts of bad stuff. It can say a person is cranky, nasty, or in a terrible funk, as well as evil.

But Devil can also indicate ‘physical’ and ‘sex act,’ ‘ugly,’ ‘dirty,’ and physical attachment like being paper-clipped together, and difficulties and obstacles. Growing out of its bondage meanings (those chains again), Devil fairly often means obligation or obligated, obliged.

World and Eight of Cups    See how Eight of Cups is changing his course because World is a barrier? That is a main way these two Tarot cards relate to one another.

World and Devil    See how world shuts out the bad influences, and Devil is a bad influence? That is the main way these two Tarot cards relate to one another.

Eight of Cups and Devil      When you’re going the wrong way, you turn off the road and go another way. That is the main way these two Tarot cards relate to one another. Quit because it’s too difficult, and walk away from something ugly, nasty, or brutish are some other examples.

 

 

 

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World and Eight of Cups    

I Don’t Let It Get to Me   Things I have no connection to: I abandon …. Don’t let it get to you. Drop out, shut it out …. Prevent trouble from getting to you – just disappear. Duck out, and shut out, …. I am being the immovable object that repels …. A hardened aura deflects _. I put up a wall of defense and exit the scene. Nothing ruffles her feathers because she avoids __. Prevent trouble by not acknowledging __. I shall drop out and not have to deal with …. My immune system keeps that at bay. People _ and are not around here anymore. I won’t let __ get to me anymore. Don’t let that interfere with you. Keep yourself out of that scene – avoid …. Don’t let __ get to you; don’t go there. He has gone _, and I have nothing to do with him. The way to be invulnerable is to abandon ….   I Drop My Guard   I have nothing in common with _ anymore. He goes totally out of his way for such a _ woman. I fall off the wagon, then steel myself against _. Making an exception to total abstinence …. I drop my guard.* All of a sudden, I drop my guard

 

WorldDevil

World and Devil     

Things I have no connection to: my vice. It’s not your problem. Shut it out – it’s bad for you. Prevent trouble from getting to you. Shut out a rude person. I am being the immovable object. A hardened aura _ harm. This is so wrong, I put up a wall of defense. Nothing ruffles her feathers because she _ attachments. Prevent trouble. Not acknowledging trouble. Not have to deal with this damned harassment. My immune system keeps sickness at bay. People go bad and are not around here. I won’t let my bad side get to me. You are not really obligated. Keep yourself out of a bad situation. Don’t let the hurt get to you. … gone bad, and I have nothing to do with (him). The way to be invulnerable. I have nothing in common with my drinking buddies. He goes out of his way for such a desirable …. Steel myself against the addiction. Total abstinence is a mistake. … my guard, and _ an obstacle. … my guard, and am in a funk.

 

Eight of CupsDevil

Eight of Cups and Devil

I abandon my vice. It’s not your problem. Drop out – it’s bad for you. … trouble from getting to you – just disappear. Duck out on a rude person. … that repels the force. … deflects harm. This is so wrong I exit the scene. Avoids attachments. Not acknowledging trouble. I shall drop out and not … the damned harassment. I don’t get sick anymore. People go bad and are not around here anymore. You are not really obligated. Out of that scene – avoid a bad situation. Don’t let the hurt … don’t go there. He has gone bad. Abandon your vulnerabilities. … with my drinking buddies anymore. He goes totally out of his way for such a desirable __. I fall off the wagon, then … the addiction. Making an exception is a mistake.* I drop __ and encounter an obstacle. All of a sudden, I am in a funk.

 

 

 

Our Daily Spread for January 9, 2012 Monday©

Advice is about doing something about where you find yourself and with whom, because it affects who you are: Get out of that bad home life to be who you can be. Just getting away from the people who cause me to feel bad makes me a better person. Proud not to be one of the people who are the problem. My good looking guy turns out to be one of those criminal types. He goes away to better himself and falls in with the wrong fraternity.  Bad combinations of people bring out the worst in one another:  Each could be somebody else somewhere else.  Who could I be where?


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Eight of Cups
Ten of Pentacles – Devil – Page of Wands

 

 

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Am Better Off for Having Left There (Page of Wands + Eight of Cups)

 

Get out of that bad home life to be who you can be.
Turned honest as he left his affiliation with that toxic culture and its people behind.
He turned honest when he abruptly left his criminal family.
Isn’t nasty anymore since he got out of that bad company.
These people make me sick, I feel better when I am not around them.
The creep turned into someone we would like to know when (he) left (his) lowlife family.
Just getting away from the people who cause me to feel bad makes me a better person.
Hates his/her family and does not identify him/herself with them.
Had horrible experience being one of them, and he/she did not reenlist.
Separate myself from the vices of the ghetto.
Separate myself from the vices of my culture.
Separate myself from the vices of other people like me.
Not one of them anymore; I hate being one of those people.
Gets out of Rehab (place where sick people are housed) clean.
Leaves the hospital (place sick people are) a well person.
My walk on the wild side was very short-lived, I am being good now.
Quits being a drunk, cleans up, and isn’t one of those lowlifes anymore.

 

The Good Apple in the Rotten Barrel (Ten of Pentacles + Page of Wands)

 

He isn’t objectionable like all the other people in his class
All the members of That Group are Bad People but he is a sterling exception.
I look like I’m a ghettoite, but I departed from that bad life.
Some of my best friends are jailbirds, but it’s not something I want to talk about.

 

Isn’t the Good Person Anymore (Page of Wands + Eight of Cups)

 

He isn’t our son anymore, he has gone bad.
My good looking guy turns out to be one of those criminal types.
He goes away to better himself and falls in with the wrong fraternity.
He turns from being clean and well-dressed to a dirty slob like his buddies.
Isn’t (his) best self anymore since (he) is stuck in that dysfunctional relationship.

 

Physical Ailments and Handicaps (Devil +Page of Wands)

 

The family disease skipped over him, he is healthy.
I look so good since I got over the illness that caused so much trouble.
He doesn’t look good anymore since he is one of those people with that disease.
Doesn’t talk about his handicap to people who make it a problem.
His/Her speech is a handicap; people just walk away.
Speaks with a horrible regional accent that puts people off.

 

Speech Impediment (Devil + Page of Wands)

 

His/Her speech is a handicap; people just walk away.
Speaks with a horrible regional accent that puts people off.
I got out of prison talking like those people.

 

Proud Not to be One of Them (Page of Wands + Eight of Cups + Ten of Pentacles)

 

Is proud not to be a member of the corrupt ruling class.
Speaks up against the abuses of the people in power and isn’t one of them.
I hate those people and am nothing like them.
Proud not to be one of the people who are the problem.

 

Miscellaneous

 

They plague you here if you are not one of them.
Hates changing her name when she marries into his family.
Quit calling my relatives those bad words.
Telling sinners to abandon their evil ways.
My whole family is ugly, and I am not good-looking myself.


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Eight of Cups
Ten of Pentacles – Devil – Page of Wands

 

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One glance and you know this will be a moralistic session. We begin with the dysfunctional people (those people) Ten of Pentacles followed by the Devil (bad, wrong, vice, evil, ugly, nasty, hate, brutish or brutal … anything awful. These cards are like bad company (and they mean that): The good in them is canceled out by each other’s presence, kind of like a juvenile gang or police backup or the ghetto. This walk on the wild side can vary, can be heavy or factual or somewhat lighthearted. It can also refer to physical rather than social dysfunctionalities.

 

Then we have the clean-cut honest and earnest young man, dressed and speaking well, Page of Wands. Our boy, we are proud of our son. The ‘fair-haired boy’ of legend.

 

So it’s a relief that the final card means an abrupt detour, going in another direction unexpectedly, not finishing the course and dropping out.

 

Our story is of changing one’s ways … either way. The nice boy can go to college and become a drunk in a fraternity; or the patient can get out of the treatment center a well person, or the criminal can clean up his/her act.

 

Speaking of that: Just because Page of Wands is usually a fellow doesn’t mean this can’t be about a female person. Pages are flexible.

 

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Ten of Pentacles Bad company, dysfunctional relationships making dysfunctional families, people bringing out the worst in one another because they are bad combinations. Shared human vices suppurating into neighborhoods, cities, counties, states, nations that reflect those particular vices. Just try being a hippie in one of those Puritan colonies. (Today we look at the darker spectrum of Ten of Pentacles because it sits next to Devil.)

 

The illustration here shows the Elder on his throne, gloating as the couple who produce his grandchild have a ‘discussion’ in which Husband stares off while Wife earnestly beseeches him, the aforesaid progeny squalling and pulling on her clothes. (The kid senses the toxic tradition of the family culture?)

This illustration brings up the wealthy and the ghetto, politicians and criminal groups. If the question is about the middle class cultures, this Ten of Pentacles in Rider Waite does refer to same.

 

Devil Bad anything, in Rider Waite. The Marseilles deck has a different take, but here we look, obviously, at the Christian concept of hell’s CEO: The unwashed brute reptile with horns. And today Devil applies to the dysfunctional ‘bad people,’ so we bring out the darker parts of the two darker cards here. Devil often means ‘horrible.’

Its focus is on being bound (or obligated, even, as in a contract), being limited; but you can see the loose chains that humans can remove. That is the main point of Devil, philosophically.

 

Here is a list of the words it contributes today: bad, toxic, criminal, nasty, sick, the creep, feel bad, hates, horrible, vices, drunk, objectionable, bad life, jailbirds, gone bad, criminal types, wrong, dirty slob, stuck, disease, illness, handicap, problem, prison, corrupt, abuses, plague you, sinners.

 

Page of Wands There’s our clean cut boy, the son we are so proud of, the fine young man or ‘fair-haired boy’ of lore. Appearing after Ten of Pentacles and Devil, of a cleaned-up act (or a corrupted youth). He is well-dressed and well spoken.

 

Eight of Cups Short-lived, we are outa there, going off in another direction entirely, abandoning ship, dropping out, onto something else, and it’s over with before it begins. Here it refers to the change – the bad way of life and the good way of life – because that is obviously what these four Rider Waite Tarot citizens are about.

 

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Our Daily Spread for Feb. 9, 2011

Rider Waite Tarot 2-9-11

Business is profitable with that problem out of the way.     A sexual liaison is going to happen.

Three of Wands Three of Pentacles, Devil, Eight of Cups

Business Perspective: The meeting about the problem is over before it begins – everything’s going to be all right. Business is profitable with that problem out of the way. It’s difficult to get the contract (or make the deal) but we will be immediately profitable. Will avoid a pitfall because of this conference. Will not make that mistake in the negotiation. Isn’t going to be a meeting because of the difficulty. The meeting will be canceled due to illness. They put their heads together to avoid mistakes. Will miss the hardest part of the seminar. He is so grumpy when you meet him that you will avoid him. The three of them go out of their way to make illegitimate income. Everything will be fine if you don’t screw up the deal. Mad because (he) waited for a meeting that was canceled. Romance Perspective: A sexual liaison is going to happen. Will drop out of the sexual triangle. Used to meet for sex but won’t, anymore. Going to quit being the ‘bad guy’ in the relationship. Leave a relationship that is getting crude. Will not be meeting any more rude people. Going to leave in the middle of meeting Mr. Wrong. Avoid a coming menage a trois. So there’s a meeting, a negotiation, a conference or seminar, and some problem or mistake or bad thing to avoid, and a profit to be made. All these sentences weave those four elements together. All’s well that ends well in this spread, you walk on down the road but don’t step in the poop patch. The card that means sex also means ‘mistake,’ ‘problem,’ and any number of bad things. That, of course, is the Devil card.

Meanings and Illustrations:

Three of Pentacles: This is the negotiation of the architect’s final payment on his contract. The nun … yes, in that orange spotted getup – holds the blueprint. This is all about a meeting, business, getting together, getting your heads together, making a deal. You can rely on a meeting having three people when this card appears. Devil: Well, the Devil has few appetizing meanings. ‘Physical’ is one of them. Here it refers to problems, difficulties, being the bad guy or Mr. Wrong, being grumpy, rude, crude ugly or illegitimate. Etc. Here is means ‘sexual’ next to the card that means ‘meeting’ and one that means ‘to avoid.’ Eight of Cups: It’s over before it begins, it’s canceled, avoided, isn’t anymore. You leave in the middle, you drop out, you stand him up, but you could also go out of your way or do the unexpected, or something immediately unexpectedly presents. It’s so ‘out of the blue.’ You go out of your way for it, too.The illustration shows someone walking an obstructed path, with both a full moon and a sliver moon over him. Three of Wands: It’s coming: profit. It will be. He waits for those ships to come in. (Yeah, that yellow stuff is supposed to be water – one of the many printer’s errors in the Rider Waite Tarot deck.)

Rider Waite Tarot reading 2-9-11

She is quiet and waits long enough that her man calls her

Ten of Wands King of Swords, Judgment, High Priestess

Romance Perspective: A whole new life with her man now that he is finally back. She has waited a long time, her man comes back. When she stays to herself, her man eventually gets the message. It takes him a while, but he does call the lady. Finally, he makes the big announcement to the lady. He told her all. Business Perspective: He has big news for the expert who has waited so long. She, the expert, has a lot of news to tell him, the authority. It was secret so long, now he can make the press release. A lot of publicity about a military secret. He blabbed about too many secret things. The key character here is the big announcement, the publicity or news release. It is also a call. It sits in the middle. On one side is the man in charge (who can be military), the authority, and on the other side is a lady, an expert, and a secret. That card also means to not take action, to be quiet, and to stay in place. So we speak of waiting to make the announcement, or the man who finally calls the lady who isn’t about to call him. Notice, that lady is also the expert.

Meanings and Illustrations:

King of Swords: The man, the military man, the authority, the leader, the disciplined man’s-man. He is in charge. There he sits at the ready, not in repose, with weapon cocked. Here he mainly means ‘the man.’ Judgment: Big announcement … well, that’s obvious, what with the angel’s trumpet waking people from the dead. A phone call … the trumpet suggests the ringing. What is less obvious is a very common meaning for this Rider Waite Tarot citizen: to return, to return to a former condition. The meanings of revivifying, of new life, new phase are plain enough, what with people hopping up out of coffins. High Priestess: She is the lady. She sits there, she takes no initiative and no action. She knows all, she is quiet and patient. That phone call will have to come to her, won’t it? Ten of Wands: A long time, finally, eventually, slow going. Those are the meanings of this Rider Waite card that we use today. Too much, too many, so long. It has others, but we aren’t using them at the moment.

OTHER TWO CARD MEANINGS

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