Strength Tarot Card Meaning

The Strength Card - What It Shows

This card shows a woman gently holding the jaws of a menacingly strong lion. She controls it not by force but with calm, loving energy - courage and compassion together. A blue mountain in the background represents calmness and stability. The lion is a symbol of courage, passion, and desire - the primal feelings needed for survival. The woman wears a white robe showing the purity of her spirit, with a belt and crown of flowers representing nature at its best.

Strength Upright Meaning

Upright, Strength shows you have inner strength during moments of distress. This isn't brute force; it's the quiet, courageous compassion that masters difficulty by staying calm with it. When Strength appears, the power you need is already in you - patience, heart, and steadiness will tame what fear cannot.

Strength Reversed Meaning

Reversed, Strength means you may be about to encounter intense anger or fear, or that you're moving through a low that's draining the happiness from your life. It can point to depression or a loss of confidence. The card's counsel is to regain confidence in such situations and re-harness the inner strength that's still there beneath the difficulty.

Strength as Advice

As advice, Strength tells you to meet the hard thing with calm rather than combat. Lead with patience and compassion - including toward yourself - and trust that gentle, steady control accomplishes what force can't.

Strength in a Tarot Reading

As a Major Arcana card it points to a significant theme, not a passing detail. Its meaning sharpens against the cards around it, its position, and your question - which is what a live reading interprets for you specifically. See all 22 cards on the Major Arcana meanings hub, or start a full phone tarot reading.

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