Agriculture; cultivation; field labor; farming; garden; prairie; woods; shades; pleasure; enjoyment; diversion; pastime; amusement; rejuvenation; rural sports; rustic dances; peace; calmness; natural tranquillity; rural life; forests; vales; mountains; flocks and herds; shepherd; shepherdess; moral quietude.
As the synonyms of riches, as they are signified by this card in contradistinction to others, we have:
Augmentation of wealth; increase of estate; advancement; prosperity; general success; happiness; goodness; felicity; beauty; embellishment.
Eight of Diamonds—Reversed. In this condition the primary signification of the card is sorrow and movement. The synonyms for sorrow are:
Sadness; affliction; displeasure; grief; desolation; mortification; bad humor; melancholy; the blues; hypochondria; vexation; trouble.
But with the word movement, we have more trouble to apply its actual signification, as shown in the cards, and therefore the interpreter is left in a great degree to her own judgment, to decipher the connection which should bind the oracle to a specific and intelligent reading.
The most applicable synonyms would therefore be:
To walk; step forward; move about; to contemplate; to propose; to make advances; to undertake; to offer proposals; to promenade; to tender offers; to inaugurate a scheme; to further any claims.
Seven of Diamonds—Upright. This is what is most commonly styled the conversation card, as its initial and primary signification is discourse for the present, while it likewise designates the approaching receipt of good news; as the oracle demands, to be secure, proper interpretation.
When used as the conversation card, its synonyms are: