Tarot card meanings? Can you help?

Question

Six cards in order:
IV Coins
II Cups
VIII Sceptres
VIII Cups
I Coins
Queen of Cups

Answer 1

Four of Pentacles (aka IV Coins)

A man holds tight to his four pentacles in this card. And in this case, the refusal to budge may be damaging. This is the miser card. Remember how the Querent got more work, money, luck, health in the last card, the Three of Pentacles? Well, he's holding on tight to what he's got, not sharing it with anyone, not investing it in the future, just holding onto it, trying to keep it still and unchanging. When this card appears it tells the Querent that they're in a position of status, health, money, even comfort. Solid, and unchanging. But the Querent is too afraid of losing all this.

The card reminds them to throw their bread upon the waters. Share the wealth, be generous with good luck and good fortune. A miser lives always in fear, never able to take delight in what they have, or create from it those things worth having like friends, family, a good name. Relax a little, be less worried about loss of what you have - it's not going anywhere. Focus, instead, on how to make the best of what you've got while you're around to enjoy it.

Two of Cups

This card of two people looking into each other's eyes is one of the easiest to read - it is recognition of love, of a friend or soul mate. It predicts that you will find someone who 'knows' you, and you, in turn, will 'know' them. It is a very Romeo & Juliet card. So, there is the direction for that swelling of emotion within you, toward this other person.

Eight of Wands (aka VIII Sceptres)

Eight wands cut across the sky. The power and energy of eight combined with the energy of wands makes this a card of movement and expansion. There is no fear in the Querent at all! This is the card of a person who, on seeing that lion, says, "Allow me!", rolls up their sleeves, shoves everyone out of the way, strides up and raps the beast on the nose. "Don't you try to push me around!" they snap.

A lot of things are going to be happening fast, and the Querent is going to revel in and handle all of them. This will likely include trips - and the Querent will want to drive or fly him/herself, likely. Fast. No need to slow down or be impatient, with this card, you can really move, change, do.

Eight of Cups

A man leaves behind eight cups to follow the moon. The movement, or progress in this card is the shedding of old relationships, old loves, familiar things. The Querent is either disappointed with these familiar things - they are not what was expected, or hoped for, or the Querent has a crazy new dream calling to them. Their instincts are to follow the dream. But good idea or not (an inverted card might suggest that it's a bad idea, an illusion), they'll need courage to do this, to leave all everything known, comfortable and familiar, and go for the unknown. This can be a card of separation or divorce. And yes, like all Eights this can imply a literal move or trip, especially from an established home to a new, unknown one in an unknown land.

Ace of Pentacles (aka I Coins)
North/Winter

New luck, health or money for a new "job". There is no desire to burn, or flow or fly; here is a physical need to be grounded, to do solid work, make, create and touch. Like a seed in the ground, there is a desire to sprout roots and just become. The pentacle is taken in hand, and, for now, the querent wants only to have it solidly in his pocket.

These are the aces, the raw or initial passion, feelings, thoughts and needs that can be directed into something more. They represent hope, a possiblity, an action to take. The Querent can use them, or leave them behind. Choose wisely what you take up from the Magician's table for each has its pitfalls as well as pinnacles.

Queen of Cups

Often a healer, counselor or psychic, this is a woman who seems to know what's wrong even before you open your mouth. Call her the emotional fix-it woman, but she seems to have exactly the right solution to problems relating to home, friends, love. Sometimes she is shy, self-effacing, you might not even notice her; other times she can be a little scary, dreamy, mysterious, a creative storyteller. Affectionate and loving, she is a "mom's mom" always there to hug, heal and bake cookies for her children. Her intuition is uncanny, her temper...well, it runs very deep and you don't ever want it turned against you. Talk about scary. Unfortunately, this is also a queen who can suffer from female hormonal problems, depression, moodiness, alcoholism, drug addiction, psychological problems.

Answer 2

The cards seem to gesture you're about ready to start something new or perhaps start something new with a new person.

The 4 of coins represents a kind of comfort or complacency but the 2 of cups suggests that a choice is presenting itself and between that and other cards, it seems in relation to a relationship. The 8 of wands suggests either 1) falling in love or 2) renewed activity after a quiet or stagnant period (so the card is suggesting that something has or is changing, countering the starting point of the 4 of coins). The 8 of cups suggests closure or transitioning away from something to something else--not in a bad way but as if you had taken a certain situation as far as it could and now it's time to move on. The Queen of Cups is yourself who has perhaps learned something valuable from where you've been and now if ready for the next possibly romantic and creative adventure.

Answer 3

Based on the cards pulled I'd say you were asking a love question.

As a general overview (because you didn't say what the question is) I would interpret the reading this way:

There is a tendency to want to hold on too tightly in relationships. Each person needs space within the relationship in order for the relationship to grow and thrive; otherwise the relationship becomes too restrictive (possibly through jealously) and begins to whither.

At this time, honest, open, heartfelt communication is needed in order for both to understand the others' concerns both from a practical (day to day life) perspective and from an emotional perspective (true feelings/emotion). Try to avoid allowing emotions to overwhelm the situation to the point where nothing is resolved.