Name: Reunion
Italian Name: Riunione
Playing Card: 8♣
Polarity when Upright: Positive
Core Meanings: Positive development | Meeting | Positive relationships | Reconciliation, Getting back, Recovery, Return
Polarity when Reversed: Negative
Reversed Core Meanings: Breakup, Negative relationships | Doubts, Pangs, Vacillation | Depression

Card Description: a man meets with his beloved in the countryside.

Suit and Number: the eights in the Vera Sibilla a cards of balance and the reaching of balance. In the suit of Clubs, this is interpeted as balanced and positive social interactions, positive developments and, recovery and recuperation.

UPRIGHT 8♣

General: This is known as the reconciliation card. It is also the card of dates and appointments and it signifies positive developments in all areas of life. The core idea you can visualize with this card is that two become one, whether it’s a person who’s away coming back or money you’ve been parted from. There is a sense of re-, the restoration of a former balance.

Love and Relationships: many querents ask about reconciliation with an ex. Of course, the cards are capable of showing reconciliation in more than one way, but this is the card that most often comes up. It signifies getting back toghether with people after a breakup or after not seeing them for a while (a high school reunion, for instance). It is the card of dates and appointments, it signifies positive social interactions, being welcome somewhere, agreements, compromises, getting along fine, etc. Couples who’ve been through a rough patch will get back their mojo. If you ask about a person’s attitude toward you, it is positive and constructive and they are willing to meet you halfway.

Work and Money: often the Eight of Clubs signifies interviews, appointments and similar situations. The surrounding cards will tell you how it goes. At other times it shows a cooperative work enviroment. Money-wise, the card can point to getting back money that is owed you and to positive developments in the field. Careers are often centered around social interaction or they are jobs connected with the countryside.

Other: just as the Eight of Hearts is the card of water, the Eight of Clubs is the card of the land, especially the countryside. It is especially auspicious for court cases, which will be resolved to the querent’s advantage. Psychologically it is a card of constructive behavior, being sociable, feeling welcome and at peace. Spiritually it can show meeting like-minded people and positive developments in general. It’s one of the cards that can signify “two of the same”, such as two jobs, two babies, etc.

Important Combinations:
8♣ + 10♣ = momentary reconciliation, it won’t last
4♠ + 8♣ = healing
2♦ + 8♣ = invitation to a date, interview, etc.
3♥ + 4♥ + 8♣ = reconciliation
K♠ + 8♣ = good resolution of legal and bureaucratic issues

REVERSED8♣R

General: Very negative, though not necessarily of long duration. It heralds misunderstandings, rifts between people, feeling torn, regrets, etc. it also intensifies the negative import of negative cards.

Love and Relationships: A peculiar behavior of the reversed Eight of Clubs is that if reverses the querent’s expectations about social interactions: if you expect a meeting to go well, it goes badly, and vice versa. More often than not, though, it points to canceled meetings, disagreements, disunity among groups of people and feeling unwelcome or not accepted. It can also show the impossibility of a compromise, and it definitely negates a reconciliation.

Work and Money: often this card shows the social side of the issue, pointing to negative work groups, colleges, etc. It also shows money that is lost forever without the possibility of getting it back. It shows someone who doesn’t have the motivation to do what is required of them.

Other: psychologically, the reversed Eight of Clubs is a card of regrets, being torn, indecisive and even a pushover. It is also a card of depression and the inability to react to the environment. It shows lack of adaptability. It is also very bad for legal issues.

Important Combinations:
8♣R + 8♥R = depression
8♣R + A♥R = not getting along with people
8♣R + 7♠ = arguments, breakup
8♣R + K♦ + J♠ + Q♠ = nasty colleagues
8♣R + K♠U/R = loss of a lawsuit

Other combinations: Vera Sibilla | Examples of Combinations – The Eights