The Eight of Wands as How Someone Sees You: Fast, Exciting and Already in Motion

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Eight of Wands as how someone sees you means they see eight staves in flight. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Eight of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you as momentum: someone with whom things move fast, exciting, immediate, a whirl. It is a lively picture. It does not yet include what happens when things land.

This is you as the eight staves flying through clear air. They see the speed. They have not seen where it lands.

The Eight of Wands upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Eight of Wands guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with speed, movement, swift action and news arriving. 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 Wands as feelings covers what they feel; the Eight of Wands 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 Wands as a person who sees you as quick, energetic and decisive: someone whose messages arrive, whose plans happen, whose presence makes things move.

What I would not read into it is stillness or depth. The Eight of Wands sees motion.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person sees you as someone to slow down with. 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 Wands reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Eight of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you as rushed, scattered or delayed: someone who moves too fast, or who keeps not arriving.

In your own question, ask whether the person seems to find your pace exhilarating or exhausting. 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 Wands as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Eight of Wands suggests they remember the speed: it all happened fast. That is a vivid memory and rarely a reason to return. 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 Wands as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means everything feels quick and exciting. Enjoy it, and let things slow enough to be known.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person keeps up eagerly or asks for breathing room.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, how fast things have moved, and whether either of you has paused yet.

For comparison, the Three of Wands as how someone sees you and the Knight of Wands as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Eight of Wands card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Eight of Wands as a yes or no and the Eight of Wands 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.