Eight of Pentacles
Eight of Pentacles — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
diligence, practice, steady work
Head down, doing the repetitions. Unglamorous and exactly what the situation needs.
In a yes or no reading, Eight of Pentacles upright answers yes.
Reversed
going through the motions, no progress, perfectionism
The effort continues without improving. Change how you are practising, not how much.
In a yes or no reading, Eight of Pentacles reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
What this card does in a reading here
A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. Eight of Pentacles can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.