Under a crescent moon with a face, a cloaked figure with a staff walks away up a rocky path between mountains and water, leaving behind eight cups stacked neatly in two rows.

Minor Arcana · Cups

Eight of Cups

  • walking away
  • seeking
  • enough
  • higher ground

Leans no

Upright meaning

Eight cups stacked behind you, the moon rising over the hill. You have outgrown what you built. The path leads up.

 (reversed)

Reversed meaning

Hesitating at the threshold. Or leaving before the lesson was finished.

Advice

It is okay to leave what you built.

Yes or no?

Eight of Cups leans no in a yes or no reading.