Strength
Strength
Strength reminds you that courage can be quiet. Patience, kindness and steady confidence will carry you through the challenge in front of you. Trust the calm power that lives within you.
Love Tenderness and patience strengthen your bonds. Meet difficult feelings, yours and others', with warmth.
Work Calm persistence wins through now. Your composure under pressure earns trust and respect.
Money Steady, patient choices serve you well. Resist impulsive moves and let consistency build your security.
Wellbeing You are more resilient than you think. Gentle routines and self-compassion help you feel steady and strong.
Growth You are learning to befriend your emotions and guide them lovingly. That is a deep form of mastery.
Reversed, Strength suggests that your confidence has dipped or that strong feelings are pulling at the reins. Be kind to yourself. Your strength has not gone anywhere, and it may simply need rest and reassurance to return.
Love Insecurity or quick reactions may be creating tension. Pausing before responding helps you respond with care.
Work Stress may be testing your patience. Take a breath and focus on what you can steadily control.
Money Anxious decisions can undercut stability. Slow down and return to your plan.
Wellbeing Your energy may feel low. Rest, encouraging company and small wins help you rebuild.
Growth Notice the inner critic and answer it with compassion. Gentleness toward yourself restores courage.
Symbols in the glass
- woman and lion patience and compassion guiding passion and instinct
- gentle hands influence that flows from calm
- infinity sign endless inner resources and balance
- flower garland the beauty of instinct lovingly bound to purpose
- white robe purity of intention
- distant mountain steady resilience
A woman in white, crowned with flowers and with an infinity sign above her head, gently closes the jaws of a lion. A garland of roses links her waist and the lion. Behind them stretch a blue mountain and a yellow sky.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Fire
- Astrology
- Leo
- Hebrew letter
- Teth (ט)
- Tree of Life path
- 19: Chesed to Geburah
- Golden Dawn title
- The Daughter of the Flaming Sword, Leader of the Lion
- Number
- Eight is balanced power and renewal: strength that sustains itself, echoed by the infinity sign on this card.
- Names
- Strength · La Force · 力量
Waite, 1911
Waite (1911, as Fortitude) lists: power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity, also complete success and honours. Reversed: despotism, abuse of power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.
Where could gentleness be my greatest strength right now?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.