Strength tarot card meaning
Major Arcana · Fire · Leo · Yes or no: yes
Strength upright
Keywords: courage, gentleness, patience, inner strength, compassion
This card points to a strength that is quiet, patient and kind. It asks you to meet what is wild in you, or in a situation, with calm rather than force. Courage here looks like gentleness that does not back down.
Strength reversed
Keywords: self-doubt, raw emotion, forcing it
Reversed, Strength hints at confidence that has slipped, or feelings that have the upper hand. It asks you to be as patient with yourself as you would be with a frightened animal. Steadiness returns one breath at a time.
Strength in love
Upright: Tenderness and patience tame old fears, and the bond grows stronger for it.
Reversed: Insecurity or a short fuse may be straining things, and gentleness with yourself comes first.
Strength for career and work
Upright: A calm, persistent approach handles a difficult person or problem better than pushing.
Reversed: Doubting your ability or losing your temper costs more than the problem itself.
Symbols
- the woman closing the lion's mouth: gentleness mastering instinct
- the infinity sign above her head: endless inner resource
- the garland of flowers: strength that is soft and alive
- the white robe: purity of intention
- the lion's tail between its legs: the wild made willing
A question to sit with: Where could patience do what force cannot?