About these meanings: the traditional descriptions and meanings on this public reference page are taken from material associated with the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck. Some of the language is historical, severe, or old-fashioned. Slogit Tarot modernises this terminology and greatly expands the meanings, examples and interpretations inside the Arcana Nexus learning course.

Minor Arcana · Pentacles

Eight of Pentacles

Card Code P8

Suit Pentacles

Rank Eight

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Description & Symbolism

Eight of Pentacles

An artist in stone at his work, which he exhibits in the form of trophies.

Divinatory Meaning

Upright

Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage.

A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl.

Reversed Meaning

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.

The Querent will be compromised in a matter of money-lending.