STRENGTH

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STRENGTH--RULED BY LEO

KEYWORDS: Action, good health, courage.

Spiritual Meaning: Inner strength is needed to achieve our goals in life.

The Strength Card is the female counterpart to The Magician. Just as The Magician uses the tools which he has placed before him to achieve his goals, she uses her inner strength.

If you look carefully at the card you will see that she is both opening and closing the mouth of the lion at the same time. However, she is not using force to do so, but, rather, is using her inner knowledge to achieve her goals.

Above her head is the symbol of medicine, or health. In this case it denotes good health for the querent or the person to whom it refers.

Although there is little or no "movement" shown in this card, it does show "action". The woman is "doing something", taking action, to achieve her goals.

The number of this card, Eight, is given the meaning of Strength in Numerology, also. However, it is usually associated with material gain. For this reason, when you are dealing with this card you are dealing with physical activity.

For example, if during a reading you are discussing someone who is looking for a job and this card comes up, it will indicated that they will take the initiative to actively search for a job, rather than sitting and waiting for one to come to them. The cards which surround this one will indicate whether or not they are successful in finding one through their search.

(Updated 2006. All rights reserved.)