Eight of Arrows (Eight of Wands)
Tarot card meaning
This is the fastest card. A card of progress, with no obstacles. It's spontaneity, moving with the flow of events.
Money and work
Things moving fast, tight deadlines, quick deals, a stream of documents or emails, sudden business trips. Money comes in fast, and stalled things get moving at incredible speed.
Love and relationships
A whirlwind long-distance romance, sudden confessions of love, a flood of messages and calls, things moving fast, chemistry at first sight, or old conflicts getting resolved quickly.
Personal growth
A feeling of flying, inspiration, a rush of energy, when everything you planned starts happening almost on its own. Momentum, drive and a faster pace of life.
Choices and decisions
Act here and now, without thinking it over for long. Time to take the opportunities, because the situation calls for an instant response.
Hidden motives
The person is eager, moving toward you, burning with enthusiasm, and wants to close the distance as fast as possible. Flooding you with messages and not planning to drag things out. Overall, if this is about a person, it’s someone who doesn’t want to wait and won’t — they’ll push for closeness and sex right away.
From the wider tradition
Not Tahmina’s own words: meanings common among other tarot readers, which she has reviewed and approved.
- Wands in flight — news on its way, letters, calls coming.
- Travel, a trip, a flight.
- “Cupid’s arrows” — suddenly falling in love, getting close fast.
The section above is the shadow side of the upright card — every card has one. I don’t read cards upside down — here is why.
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