Symbolism & Imagery:
A man sits on his workbench, diligently crafting his pentacles. He is harvesting from the tree in front of him, which he grew. This is the same man in the Seven of Pentacles, who planted the seed of this tree, pruned it, watered it, and watched it grow. Now, the waiting of the Seven of Pentacles has ended. It’s time to act, it’s time to harvest, it’s time to work.
Behind the man, the sky is still grey as it was in the Seven of Pentacles. This symbolizes a pending storm. The difference here is that in the distance, we now see a town with a large building. This shows the closeness of this man to culture and success. Whereas in the card before the Eight of Pentacles he is alone, now there is a connection to people in the future.
The man no longer wears orange, the color of challenges. The challenge is over now. Now he wears mostly blue, the color of water and the subconscious. He also wears red, the color of fiery ambition and action, and black, the color of the night sky. Black connects this man to the cosmos.
The man himself is older now, wiser. He is ready to take his investment and run with it. He is ready to work as he has planned for the future and now will take the next step towards achieving those goals.