Card 34 of 52 · Diamonds · Eight
Eight of Diamonds Playing Card Meaning
Diamonds speak of money, practical matters, news and travel; the Eight brings movement, pressure, a journey. Season: autumn.
Tarot counterpart: Eight of Pentacles
What the Eight of Diamonds Means
The Eight of Diamonds is money on the move. Eights are travel cards, and in this suit the journey has a practical purpose: a trip for work, a relocation for a job, a visit to collect what is owed. Old readers also found a late marriage here, and a new position. Drawn for a question, the Eight says the answer involves going somewhere, or changing where and how you earn. It is a card of progress through movement rather than through waiting.
Eight of Diamonds in Love
A relationship affected by travel or work: distance, a move, time apart for money. Or, in the old reading, a commitment that comes later in life and after some travelling. For singles, someone met on a journey or through work.
Eight of Diamonds in Work and Money
A new job, a transfer, a business trip, a market in another place. The Eight of Diamonds favours going where the money is. Movement pays; standing still does not.
Eight of Diamonds as a Yes or No
Yes
Yes, through movement. The Eight of Diamonds says the answer is found by going rather than waiting.
Eight of Diamonds as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the Eight of Diamonds as their playing-card birth card: 19 January, 17 February, 15 March, 13 April, 11 May, 9 June, 7 July, 5 August, 3 September, 1 October.
Find any birthday's card on the cartomancy page, or your tarot birth card, a different calculation.
The Suit of Diamonds
Diamonds are the suit of the material world: money, property, contracts, news, journeys with a purpose, and the people who deal in them. A reading full of Diamonds says the matter is practical, and that the answer will arrive as something concrete: a message, a payment, an offer, a trip. The suit is neither kind nor cruel; it describes what is on the table. Old cartomancers gave the suit the autumn, the harvest season, and matched it with the Pentacles of the tarot.
The Eight in Every Suit
The Eight means movement, pressure, a journey; the suit decides where.
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What does the Eight of Diamonds mean?
The Eight of Diamonds is money on the move. Eights are travel cards, and in this suit the journey has a practical purpose: a trip for work, a relocation for a job, a visit to collect what is owed. Old readers also found a late marriage here, and a new position. Drawn for a question, the Eight says the answer involves going somewhere, or changing where and how you earn. It is a card of progress through movement rather than through waiting.
What does the Eight of Diamonds mean in love?
A relationship affected by travel or work: distance, a move, time apart for money. Or, in the old reading, a commitment that comes later in life and after some travelling. For singles, someone met on a journey or through work.
Is the Eight of Diamonds a yes or a no?
Yes. Yes, through movement. The Eight of Diamonds says the answer is found by going rather than waiting.
Which tarot card is the Eight of Diamonds?
The Eight of Pentacles. Diamonds correspond to the tarot's Pentacles, and the Eight matches the Eight. The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the Eight of Diamonds?
In cardology the Eight of Diamonds is the birth card for 10 birthdays: 19 January, 17 February, 15 March, 13 April, 11 May, 9 June, 7 July, 5 August, 3 September, 1 October. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the Eight of Diamonds is number 34.
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