The Eight of Pentacles as How Someone Sees You: Dedicated and Hardworking

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Eight of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see the craftsman at the bench. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Eight of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you as dedicated: hardworking, focused, good at what you do. It is a respectful picture. It can also be a picture of someone too absorbed in the work to look up.

This is you at the bench chiselling the coins. They admire the focus. They may wonder when you will look up.

The Eight of Pentacles upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Eight of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with apprenticeship, skill development, diligence and craftsmanship. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Eight of Pentacles as feelings covers what they feel; the Eight of Pentacles as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Eight of Pentacles as a person who sees you as reliable, skilled and serious about getting things right.

What I would not read into it is warmth. Admiration for craft is not always attraction.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm they think there is room for them alongside the work. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Eight of Pentacles reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Eight of Pentacles as how someone sees you means they see you as a workaholic or as going through the motions.

In your own question, ask whether your work has crowded this person out. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Eight of Pentacles as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Eight of Pentacles suggests they remember you as always working. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Eight of Pentacles as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they respect your dedication. Put the chisel down for them sometimes.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person asks about your work more than about you.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, how much the work takes, and how much room is left.

For comparison, the Three of Pentacles as how someone sees you and the King of Pentacles as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Eight of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Eight of Pentacles as a yes or no and the Eight of Pentacles as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.