In the astrological correspondence system
that I follow, Pisces is linked to the Eight, Nine and Ten of Cups. Today I’m going
to look at the Eight of Cups, which corresponds to Saturn in Pisces – and to
the first third of Pisces (18th-27th February).
Pisces is the mutable Water sign, so we’re
looking at our emotional resources and how these might need to change. Saturn sets limits – something that Pisces
doesn’t like! – but also helps us to maintain our integrity. Combined with
Pisces, it wants to transcend the restrictions that we find ourselves
surrounded by so that we can ‘merge’ with others. It needs to find a way to express its
feelings in such a way that it still feels stable – but not stuck.
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| 8 of Cups (trimmed) DruidCraft Tarot |
So how might this play out in the Eight of
Cups? The DruidCraft Tarot follows the
relatively ‘traditional’ (i.e. Rider-Waite-Smith) depiction of the Eight of Cups,
with a figure walking away from eight cups, neatly laid out on a flat stone
beside the stream. Despite the care
taken to place the cups, the figure is abandoning them because they no longer
provide the emotional security needed.
Notice the waning crescent moon in the sky – something is drawing to an
end. There’s no sign of any life in the
landscape, so there’s no hint as to what the figure is heading towards.
The number ‘8’ is the number of death and
birth (8th house themes, in astrology), cycles and recycling – time
to let go of what’s no longer working, time to move forward to something new
and (as yet) unknown (shades of the Moon card, associated with Pisces). The cloaked figure is letting go of what’s no
longer of use, searching for something deeper within or beyond.
DruidCraft Tarot created by Philip Carr-Gomm and Stephanie Carr-Gomm, illustrated by
Will Worthington, published by Connections 2004
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