Strength
Major Arcana card VIII
Keywords
- Courage
- Inner strength
- Compassion
- Patience
- Control
Strength Tarot Card Meaning
Strength depicts a woman gently closing a lion's mouth, symbolizing mastery over primal instincts through love and courage. This card teaches that true strength is gentle, patient, and compassionate.
Strength Upright Meaning
Strength represents inner courage, compassion, and gentle control over base instincts. It signifies mastering emotions through patience and kindness rather than force.
Strength Reversed Meaning
Reversed, Strength warns of self-doubt, weakness, or lack of confidence. It may indicate being overwhelmed by emotions or using force instead of gentle persuasion.
Strength in Love & Relationships
In love, Strength suggests patience, compassion, and working through challenges with gentle persistence. It indicates emotional maturity and inner confidence in relationships.
Strength in Career & Work
Strength in career readings indicates handling difficult situations with grace, maintaining composure under pressure, and leading through compassionate strength.
Is Strength a Yes or No Card?Yes
In a yes-or-no reading, Strength generally means yes. Upright it signals momentum, openness and a favourable outcome; reversed, it asks you to check your timing and motives before committing.
Strength in the life chart
In our life chart, Strength has a tone of +0.5 (on a scale from −1 to +1) and a volatility of 0.3 (from 0 to 1). Chosen as one of your three cards, it sets the baseline score of that life phase at 58 out of 100 and makes its years calm.
How the chart is calculatedStrength Spiritual Message
True strength is gentle. Master yourself before trying to control others. Compassion and patience overcome all obstacles.
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