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de La Tempérance dans la tarot de Marseille


The Eight of Wands is an important card that is best summarized as instruction for us to stop, look around and look inside. What are we really doing? Where are we going? Is it a natural path, or are we fighting ourselves to do something or pursue a goal that is foreign to our nature? This card encourages us to pause and take stock of our lives and our feelings as well as our place in the world. It tells us to stop fighting our way through and rest for a moment.

In addition, the Eight of Wands, with its pastoral scene minus any human or animal figures, also brings the environment to the forefront. It reminds us to consider important ecological matters as well as biofriendliness, recycling and other “green” topics in play with today’s world.

This card often works in conjunction with other cards around it. The wands can serve as arrows that point to another card nearby. In this sense, the Eight of Wands points out the need to carefully consider an issue that comes up in our reading.

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Interpretation

The Eight of Wands is governed by extremely powerful energy. You will be completely seized by a breath of freshness and novelty. As if you were caught in a whirlwind, you'll feel like you're taking flight and should plan to take advantage of the opportunity to change your situation.

Aware of the things that aren't right in your daily life, but not resigned to them, today you want to look at what should or could change. If your professional situation doesn't really suit you, you won't hesitate to put yourself forward and accept the opportunities that come your way. If you've recently surrounded yourself with solitude, you now want to resume your social life and be around more for your friends and family.

This newfound vitality actively participates in your fulfillment. It makes you aware of your power to act and reveals qualities you didn't know you had. It is normal that you'll sometimes feel tired when faced with so much novelty. In this case, don't hesitate to slow down a little but whatever you do don't stop walking forward!

Ask yourself

•The Eight of Wands is the only card in the Minor Arcana that does not have an image of the anima, does not portray humanness, in some fashion. Are you drifting away from your family and close friends?

•The Eight of Wands can further be translated to signify a return to basics and to personal integrity. Do you need a break—a vacation—from the busyness of your daily life?

•The Eight of Wands encourages you to get quiet and go deep into yourself and rest there. It also tells you to trust in the direction and flow of a higher current. What does the concept of surrender mean to you?

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La symbolique de la Tempérance


• The Wands : Activity, speeding toward a good end, great haste, great hope. Also, arrows of love.

• Clouds : Revelation, higher thought, guidance and messages from a divine source.

• Earth : Belonging, a network, community and shared wisdom. Also, returning to our true nature.

• House : Our deepest secrets and the most tender part of our hearts, protection of valuable treasures.

• Mountains Or Cliff : Triumph, challenge, attainment, realization, infinite timelessness and endurance.

• Rivers, Streams, Waterfalls : Emotion and the subconscious, submitting to the dominant pull and higher purpose present in our lives.

The Eight of Wands is a Minor Arcane Tarot card, the meaning of which is best summarized by describing it as a pause or a comma in the long sentence of our lives. Stop, look around, breathe deeply and wait.

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