The Deck

Swords
Eight of Swords
- Bad news
- violent chagrin
- crisis
- censure
Divinatory Meanings
Bad news, violent chagrin, crisis, censure, power in trammels, conflict, calumny; also sickness.
Waite's Symbolic Description +
A woman, bound and hoodwinked, with the swords of the card about her. Yet it is rather a card of temporary durance than of irretrievable bondage