Strength

Major Arcana VIII

Keywords

• gentle power
• courage
• patience
• compassion
• mastery of instinct

Upright meaning

Gentle power, courage, patience, compassion, mastery of instinct.

Reversed meaning

Self-doubt, raw impulse, exhausted patience, force instead of persuasion.

A reversed card isn't simply a bad sign: usually its energy is blocked, turned inward, delayed or excessive.

Image and symbolism

She closes the lion's jaws with her hands, not a weapon.

Place in the journey

Strength is gentle courage: instinct tamed by patience, not force. Major Arcana: a core life theme, carries more weight.

Other cards in this group: The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World.