Cosmic Tribe Tarot

EIGHT OF CUPS

Emotional Drain

While universal energy is boundless, our human containers have limits. Often need surpasses capacity; our emotional bodies tire. and our power drains away ineffectually, serving neither our own desire nor the needs of the world. It is up to us to use the vital flow wisely.

In the card the fertile essence of opportunity pours into eight cups and then out of them unchanged. The potential of the fertile essence is wasted on the cups, whose faces scowl and threaten to contract into permanent cynicism. The cups, it seems, would prefer to contain some of this energy and put it to good use satisfying desire or alleviating the needs of the world. But for some reason they can't hold anything. The emotional cups become sieves when we aren't aware of how much energy we waste chasing impossibility or letting someone else's needs overwhelm our own. In these situations. desire will never be satisfied and someone else's, needs will never be met. While we all waste energy from time to time. we must be careful not to allow the scowl a permanent home in our hearts.

Divinatory Meaning

Should the Eight of Cups tarnish your reading. survey your scene for a situation or sonic person who is draining your power and making it difficult to channel raw potential constructively. The world needs strong and com-passionate people. Being strung all the time isn't possible, but you call build your emotional strength by meeting your own needs realistically. For example, love people who love you back. Draw clear lines around your psychic garden and tend it carefully.