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Major Arcana · VIII

Strength

Upright: courage, patience, compassion, inner strength. Reversed: self-doubt, weakness, insecurity, raw emotion.

Strength — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

Strength upright meaning

  • courage
  • patience
  • compassion
  • inner strength

Real strength here is quiet, steady patience and a calm hand, not force or volume. Whatever's testing you this week, handle it with a soft grip and a level head, and you'll outlast it.

Strength reversed meaning

  • self-doubt
  • weakness
  • insecurity
  • raw emotion

Your patience is running thin and either fear or a short fuse is running the show. Steady yourself before you react, the situation needs your calm, not your reflex.

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Arcana
Major
Number
VIII (8)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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