Wheel of Fortune: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A wheel turns among ascending and descending figures while four winged beings attend the corners.

Upright

turning point · cycles

Conditions are changing. Notice the opportunity and the limits of personal control within the cycle.

Reversed

resistance · instability

A turn of events may unsettle expectations; repeating a familiar response can prolong the difficulty.

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

Planet: Jupiter. 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.