Upright Meaning:
In a career Tarot reading, the Eight of Swords suggests that you are feeling trapped in your career or current position. You may be feeling powerless, hopeless and helpless to improve you situation at the moment but you are the master of your own destiny.
If you hate your current situation that much, you do have the power to change it. In a financial Tarot spread, the Eight of Swords again indicates that you are trapped or restricted by your current financial status but again this is more to do with your anxiety than the reality of your situation. You need to get creative and think outside of the box if you want to make more money. There are ways to get what you want, don’t give into fear.
Reversed Meaning:
In a career Tarot reading, the Eight of Swords reversed can indicate that you may have learned to release you stress, anxiety and fear in relation to work and you should be having a much easier time in work. It can also signify that you may have left a job or career path that had been restricting your potential or making you feel trapped. However, on the flip side, this Minor Arcana card in reverse can indicate that you have become even more oppressed by a career that was already causing you major anxiety.
As with the upright version, if the job is making you that unhappy, you need to realise that you can walk away if you choose to. In a financial Tarot spread, the Eight of Swords reversed again indicates that you have either released your worries or fear about finances and are in a much more mentally healthy place or you have become more entrenched in your anxiety. If you are doing well financially at the moment, you may want to start saving a little rainy day money to make you feel more secure in your financial stability.