- Arcana
- Minor · eight of swords
- Correspondence
- Jupiter in Gemini · first decan
- Element
- Air
- Sign
- Gemini
- Planet
- Jupiter
Eight of Swords
Jupiter in Gemini · first decan
Upright
restriction · self-made trap · fear
Bound by a story about the situation more than the situation. The ropes are loose.
Reversed
release · new perspective · resignation
Working the ropes free, or settling into them as though they were furniture.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Eight of Swords is jupiter in gemini · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.