Strength
Major Arcana · VIII · patience · courage · gentle control
Upright meaning
Strength shows a woman closing a lion's jaw with her hands, calmly. The card is about influence without force — patience, steadiness, the courage that looks quiet from outside. Not domination; persuasion.
Strength reversed
Either you are pushing where patience was required, or your reserves are genuinely empty and you have been calling that weakness. Both need rest more than effort.
In love
Compassion and tolerance holding a relationship together. Also the courage to be vulnerable, which the card treats as strength rather than risk.
In career and money
Difficult people or situations handled with composure. Long-game work where persistence beats intensity.
Yes or no?
Yes. Drawn in answer to a direct question, this card supports going ahead. Want it read against your actual situation rather than in general? Pull a card here.