Strength: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A woman handles a lion's jaws beneath an infinity sign, wearing flowers rather than armour.

Upright

courage · composure

Meet powerful feeling with patient courage. Influence can grow through steadiness rather than pressure.

Reversed

self-doubt · unrestrained force

Confidence may be depleted, or an impulse may overwhelm the capacity to respond calmly.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Zodiac sign: Leo. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.