Golden Dawn title – Lord of Prudence

Divinatory Meanings of 8 of Pentacles

Family obligations fulfilled bring bounty to all; family obligations ignored bring destruction; wise rule; control of a situation used or misused. Excellent skill.

MacGregor Mathers

A dark Girl, Beauty, Candor, Chastity, Innocence, Modesty

Reversed

Flattery, Usury, Hypocrisy, Shifty.

Astrological attributions

The first or Ascendant decan of Virgo ruled by Sun from August 23rd-Sept 2nd

Magical Image of the First Face of Virgo in Picatrix

In the first face of Virgo ascends the figure of a good maid, and a man casting seeds; it signifies getting of wealth, ordering of diet, plowing, sowing, and peopling.

Picatrix commentary

Picatrix gives a bucolic picture of the accumulation of wealth, as distinct to the Nine and Ten of Disks.