Day Twenty Two. November 5th. Eight of Wands.
Definition: Sasha Graham says eights represent equilibrium. My friend Lisa Kalayji says maybe “navigation/wayfinding”. Waite says the Eight of Wands represents “motion through the immovable” and “speed towards an end”.
Detail: What is the Elsewhere Eight of Wands presenting?
Bunk beds. The person above is sound asleep. The one below is manifesting a threat to the one above. It feels like they’re transforming bodily into a threat to the one above. It feels like they are coursing with threatening energy. Like, you don’t go to sleep in a room with someone who’s coursing with threatening energy. So it must have risen in them after the person above has fallen asleep. Hmm. This is the “Elsewhere” Tarot. What does this mean? We’re vulnerable. There are people in our lives with inimical potential in them.
Day: Hmm. What does the Elsewhere Eight of Wands say to my life right today? I think it’s pretty clear. I think lots of people in our lives that seem harmless, seem normal, are inimical in metaphysical ways…are barriers to us living a life we deserve…being who we should be. They hold us back. Inflict traumas on us.
Detail: Pamela’s Eight of Wands is eight living wands flying through the air. Waite also says it’s “arrows of love”. Desire. Purpose. There’s no figure. It’s basically a dick pic. But it has super good energy. It’s the dick pic that doesn’t creep you out, coursing with purpose and desire. It sweeps you up in its energy. You feel it in your body. The wands are angling toward the end of their journey, because…they have found you.
It’s really the opposite of the Elsewhere Eight of Wands. Its energy is so good.
What was Pamela’s Eight of Pentacles? The artist trading his talents to the act of commodification. Eights are the direct human purveyance of the energy of the suit. The Eight of Wands is how embodiment of desire and purpose enliven others. It is who we are when we’re pure wand-ness. There’s no figure in it. The Eight of Pentacles is the act of commodification. Time and talent directly into coins.