Step 5 of 8 · When to Wait, When to Move
8 of Wands
Why this step
The Eight of Wands makes the case for speed. In its upright reading a window is closing and further deliberation costs more than it gains. Its reversed reading checks the step before: haste can be anxiety dressed as decisiveness. The card offers a test, not an answer, which is to ask what the urgency is made of.