Uprightinner strength, courage, patience, compassion, gentle control
Reversedself-doubt, weakness, insecurity, harshness
Upright meaning
Strength represents inner strength rather than force. It points to courage, patience and the ability to master instincts and difficult situations with calm and compassion. Gentle persistence achieves more than domination.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, Strength can show self-doubt, low confidence or being overwhelmed by emotions or impulses. It can also point to harshness used where patience was needed.
What the card shows
A woman in white gently closes the jaws of a lion. An infinity sign floats above her head, and she wears a crown and belt of flowers.
As your card of the day
True strength is gentle. Meet challenges with patience and kindness rather than force. Your calm is more powerful than you think.
“I meet every challenge with calm courage.”
Respond to a difficult moment with patience instead of pressure.
Questions
What does Strength mean in tarot?
Strength represents inner strength rather than force. It points to courage, patience and the ability to master instincts and difficult situations with calm and compassion. Gentle persistence achieves more than domination.
What does Strength reversed mean?
Reversed, Strength can show self-doubt, low confidence or being overwhelmed by emotions or impulses. It can also point to harshness used where patience was needed.
Is Strength a yes or no card?
Yes. Yes; gentle persistence wins.
Card pictures: the 1909 deck by Pamela Colman Smith (public domain). Meanings based on A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), rewritten in modern language. For inspiration and reflection only.