Eclipsay
Strength
Major Arcana · Card 8
Upright keywords
Reversed keywords
Traditional meaning
A woman in white gently opens or closes the jaws of a lion, a garland of roses above her and the lemniscate overhead. Strength signifies courage expressed as calm, patient gentleness rather than force.
Reflection
Strength may invite reflection on the quiet kind of courage that tames rather than conquers. Where might gentleness be your strongest move right now?
Relationships
Can suggest meeting friction with patience and steadiness instead of matching force with force.
Career
May point toward persisting calmly through a demanding stretch rather than pushing harder.
Growth
Often asks how you might befriend the wilder parts of yourself instead of silencing them.
Illustration: Pamela Colman Smith (1909), public domain.