Hi all,
I'm an 8 of Diamonds, now 43 years old.
Yes, lot's of changes in my life. Both professionally and relationship wise. And lots of endings, often not of my own choice. Again, both professionaly (got layed off 5 times, lost my company.. and am now layed off permanently due to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), and relationship wise: I've gotten (and am still getting) a lot of attention, and whenever I was genuinly interested in a man, it was typically mutual, but often it turned out that he was not really available, geographically and/or emotionally, and so most relationships ended before they even started. Longest relationship so far lasted 2,5 years, and I have never lived with a man or married a man or had kids (the fact that I did not have kids is also due to bad health.)
I defenitely relate to most of the cards: Ecliptic card Diamond 7: most of what I tried, professionally, ended up failing or not being quite right for me, or ended in me getting fired. Have also switched careers several times, trying to find what I am truly good at, how to best make a difference. This almost continued failure is hard because I am extremely committed to making a difference, to developing my talents (3 of diamonds), and I love working, but it all goes bust.
So now I've been home for 4 years, due to my health (looks like it will be a permanent situation), and I'm taking a creative writing class. Maybe I will make a difference through writing. Sitting all alone at home, day in day out, writing a page here and a page there, whenever my health allows is not what I would have chosen (I would prefer something more sociable and variable), but I do happen to be good at it...and maybe writing is actually, ironically, the best way to share what I have to share. So who knows. (Not sure how that adds up to not refining my talents, because writing too requires practise.)
Don't get distressed if you or your child are an 8 of diamonds. My planets are distributed in a rather tricky way (stellium in the Saturn card, Mars-Saturn-Pluto in the Venus card, etc.) so it does not have to get this bad!
I don't recognise what Mona said about her child not needing much hugs/affection. I've always been very affectionate and touchy-feely. But also quite feminist, strong, independent-minded, maybe due to to that King of Spades Sun. One does not preclude the other.