Eight of Pentacles
Upright meaning
Patient practice and attention to craft. Skill develops through repeated, careful work.
Something to consider
A little regular practice may help more than a big burst of effort. Choose one skill or task you can give patient attention to.
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Waite: the card
An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: divinatory meaning
Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: reversed
Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind turned to cunning and intrigue.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Mathers: meaning
70. Eight of Pentacles.-A dark Girl, Beauty, Candour, Chastity, Innocence, Modesty; R. Flattery, Usury, Hypocrisy, Shifty.
Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain