Eight of Cups
Wandering, searching for a way forward, choosing a life path, new perspectives, travelling the path, curiosity, adventure, freeing oneself from what has bound one emotionally, walking and travelling the path of dreaming.
To walk the path of life, either to set out to find something beyond one's own horizon or to be purposefully steered in some direction forward. It can be like a Sunday walk in sunny weather light and inspiring or in search of something beyond the mountains that does not feel clear and distinct.
To walk alone or together on the road towards something that may be more or less clear that can be an emotional and is worth the effort to embark on the challenge of going to the bottom of your innermost desire to find a way and to find new opportunities and hopes to find ways and solutions to those you are thinking about. To call on your higher self and guides and with your power to trust with your feelings that you are on the right path. You may have to cross many obstacles and dividing lines before you are close to your goal or your feelings' desire to find what you are looking for. Perhaps once you have crossed one hurdle, you will have to cross several others to get to where you want to go or to get clarity on which path to take.
This may also mean that you may be wandering in circles and may not have clarity on how to get where you want to go. Maybe it's a path that you need guidance or a travelling companion on the way. Maybe it's a road with new opportunities that you are on a path and wandering and should make your way on.
In The Garden Tarot I have chosen to illustrate a man walking along a road in a park at night with only the moon as a guide and the owl sitting up in a tree, which is precisely that he relies on his intuition and the wisdom he himself possesses. he must first cross a bridge a road between the worlds in his consciousness and subconscious to pave the way for his continued adventure that he can perhaps predict. But he has a multitude of paths and possibilities
"Upright"
This card indicates leaving and going or travelling away and retiring. The card indicates loneliness and withdrawing from the public eye, creating a new context and choosing a path to walk that feels like the one that fate is pulling towards. Create new perspectives in life.
"Reversed"
This position indicates that you are stuck where you are. Going back to familiar ruts, difficulty getting started on the journey. Returning home.