# Eight of Cups

**Suit**: Cups | **Rank**: 8

## Upright
Walking away, disillusionment, and leaving behind what no longer serves you. Despite investment, you recognize that this path leads nowhere. It takes courage to turn your back on the familiar.

## Reversed
Fear of change, aimless drifting, and avoidance. You know you should leave but cannot bring yourself to act. Clinging to a dead end out of comfort or cowardice.

## In Technical Context
Evaluate whether the current approach is still earning its keep. Upright, walk
away from a path that no longer works; reversed, name the fear or sunk cost
that is keeping you attached before deciding what to change.
