Tarot for Writers by Corrine Kenner

Author:Corrine Kenner [Kenner, Corrine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-09T09:16:00+00:00

In some tarot decks, Strength switches places with justice, which makes it card 11 instead of card 8. The change does not affect the meaning of the card.

Generally speaking, the Strength card signifies bravery, self-discipline, determination, and force. In a story reading, Strength may represent a pet owner, animal lover, animal trainer, veterinarian, or middle-school teachers.

Key Symbols

Work Clothes. The young woman wears servants' clothes, to demonstrate that she's not a member of royalty or high society: she is an ordinary person with courage and self-control, and she stands for confidence and liberation from fear.

Control Freak. Your impressions of the woman's gesture will probably change, depending on your mood and attitude. Is she closing the lion's mouth, or forcing it open?

Wild Child. The lion symbolizes humanity's animal nature-our wild, untamed instincts and desires. In fact, the lion could suggest humanity's most primal needs, for food, sleep, procreation, and self-preservation. Of course, the image could be a metaphor. The two figures in each image may actually be two separate aspects of a single personality. One is civilized; the other, an example of the most primal creatures on earth.

Lemniscate. Those animal drives are perpetual and ongoing, symbolized by the lemniscate-a symbol shaped like a figure eight, which symbolizes infinity. The lemniscate seems to float just above the woman's head, constantly in range of her consciousness.

Leader of the Pack. Lions have a social hierarchy of their own that rivals many human societies.

Castle Walls. In the background, the fortressed castle walls symbolize watchfulness, refuge, royal sovereignty, and divine guidance. The young woman in the card, however, is strong and self-assured, daring enough to stand outside the safety and protection of the castle in the background.

Numeric Significance. The Strength card is the eighth card in the Major Arcana. Eights represent infinity, because they resemble the lemniscate, the sideways symbol of infinity. There are also eight points on the wheel of the year. To Christians, eight is a symbol of baptism and spiritual rebirth; many baptisteries and baptismal fonts have eight sides. Eight also represents the eternal spiral of regeneration.

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