Eight of Swords
Eight of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
feeling trapped, self-imposed limits, stuck
It feels like there is no way out. Look closely: the bindings are loose and the swords do not form a circle.
In a yes or no reading, Eight of Swords upright answers no.
Reversed
seeing a way out, freeing yourself, limits questioned
The trap is being recognised as smaller than it looked. Movement is possible again.
In a yes or no reading, Eight of Swords 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 Swords 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.