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Strength Tarot Card Meaning
Strength is card VIII of the Major Arcana. Upright it speaks of courage, compassion, inner power; reversed, of self-doubt, weakness. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's Jungian archetype and its astrological correspondence.
Major ArcanaFireLeo
Upright meaning
“Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: courage, compassion, inner power, patience, calm influence.
Reversed meaning
“Despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: self-doubt, weakness, raw emotion, insecurity.
The archetype
Befriending the Shadow — instinct tamed by relationship, not suppression; eros stronger than force.
Astrology
Correspondence: Leo.
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