Major Arcana
Strength Tarot Card Meaning
Strength
inner strength / courage / compassion
Meaning at a glance
Upright
Reversed
Strength Tarot Meaning
Strength Upright Meaning
Strength draws attention to inner strength, courage, and compassion. Meet one difficult impulse with firmness and compassion rather than suppression.
Strength Reversed Meaning
Strength reversed may point to self-doubt, insecurity, and force. The upright theme of inner strength may be turning inward, showing up privately as self-doubt instead of moving through open behavior.
How to Read Strength in a Tarot Spread
Strength Daily Meaning
For example, meet one difficult impulse with firmness and compassion rather than suppression.
Strength Love Meaning
In relationships, patience, trust, and emotional courage; reversed can show insecurity, jealousy, or force replacing care.
Strength Career Meaning
In work, money, or creative practice, calm influence, resilience, and confidence under pressure.
Strength Advice
Meet one difficult impulse with firmness and compassion rather than suppression. Use inner strength as an observable standard rather than treating the card as a forecast.
Strength Symbolism and History
Strength Symbolism
The imagery of Strength in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition shows the woman with lion, the infinity sign, the white robe, the flowers, and the mountain landscape. These details ground inner strength, courage, and compassion in a specific scene; other decks may emphasize different symbols.
Strength History
Strength appears in older decks under names such as Fortitude and was sometimes placed at a different number in the trump order. Rider-Waite-Smith made gentleness central to the image.
For broader context on Strength, the linked overview explains the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck and Pamela Colman Smith's role in its influential visual language.
Read the shared Rider-Waite-Smith history overview for publication context that applies across the deck.
Strength Journal Prompts
- What can be guided more effectively through patience than force?
- Where is self-doubt disguising itself as control?
Editorial details
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- Tarot Daybook
- Last content review
- 2026-08-01
- Tradition and source basis
Rider–Waite–Smith-oriented interpretation, checked against the references below and presented as reflective guidance.
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