courage, patience, gentle strength
Strength Tarot Card Meaning
What Strength means upright and reversed, with readings for love, money and career.
The picture and its symbols
Strength shows a woman gently closing the jaws of a lion. It is number 8 of the Major Arcana, the part of the Fool's journey about testing the inner self and learning balance. She is not overpowering the lion; she is stroking it. The strength in this card is the patient kind that soothes, not the kind that pushes.
Upright meaning
courage, patience, gentle strength. You overcome difficulty by approaching gently rather than by force.
- Love
- Consideration and patience make the relationship solid.
- Money
- Holding steady without impatience gives a good outcome. You need the strength to resist emotional trades.
- Career
- You handle a difficult person or task calmly and earn trust.
- Yes or no
- Yes
- Advice
- A Major Arcana card points to a larger current that effort alone does not control. Put your energy into aligning with it rather than resisting.
Reversed meaning
self-doubt, anxiety, emotional outbursts. A time when you doubt yourself or find your emotions hard to manage.
- Love
- Jealousy or insecurity can shake the relationship.
- Money
- Avoid selling in fear or holding on out of greed.
- Career
- Burnout may be coming. Recharge with rest.
- Yes or no
- Not yet
- Advice
- A reversed Major Arcana card signals that you are pushing against a larger current. Before forcing things, ask what you need to let go of.
Timing
Because this is a Major Arcana card, do not hurry the timing: wait for things to ripen. Readers usually think in terms of a season.
The question this card asks
Which feeling inside you needs calming rather than fighting?
Draw the cards yourself
For entertainment and self-reflection only. Do not use a reading to make health, legal or financial decisions.