Strength

Upright

The woman closes the lion's mouth with her hands, not a weapon. This is power that doesn't need to dominate — with a fear, a habit, a person, or the part of yourself you keep trying to beat into submission.

Reversed

Force where patience was needed, or self-criticism dressed up as discipline. Sometimes: you've been gentle for so long you've forgotten you're allowed to say no.

Knowing the card isn't reading it

Every entry on this site is free, and always will be — meanings are the easy half. The hard half is what a card does in a position, next to another card, for a real question. Learn to Read is the lessons for that, plus a practice partner that critiques your interpretations — $111, once.

Or read this card in your hand: the deck is all 78 drawn the way you see it above.