Eight of Pentacles
Minor Arcana · Earth · Sun in Virgo
Upright
diligence, practice, mastery through repetition
Head down, eight coins carved one at a time. Skill built by doing the same thing well repeatedly. Unglamorous and the most reliable card in the deck.
Reversed
perfectionism, drudgery, cut corners
The repetition has become meaningless, or the standard has become an excuse never to finish.