Strength
True strength is calm, patient, and rooted in self-control.
Upright Meaning
Strength represents courage, inner power, patience, and emotional resilience. It suggests success through calm confidence, self-mastery, and the ability to face challenges without force or fear.
Reversed Meaning
Reversed, Strength points to weakness, misuse of power, inner conflict, or loss of confidence. It can suggest reacting too harshly, giving your power away, or needing to rebuild emotional steadiness.
Symbolism
The sign of life above the woman’s head echoes the Magician and symbolizes spiritual life and gentle will.
Her flower chain taming the lion represents the higher nature’s gentle mastery over desire, passion, and instinct.
The garland suggests divine law internalized: not violent suppression, but a light burden willingly accepted by the heart.
The strength here is not ordinary confidence; it is true power born from inner calm, compassion, restraint, and spiritual reliance.
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