Up – Control, Success by own efforts. Active, effective control. Balanced, firm controlling of diverse factors – "pulling together what is trying to fly apart."
Reversed – Ruthlessness, collapse of plans, losing what you thought was within your grasp.
The Charioteer must exercise constant vigilance over the beasts drawing the chariot. They naturally want to pull apart, but he compels them to do his bidding by force of his superior will. Left to themselves, they would cause disaster, so he cannot afford to relax and let things ride: meanwhile, he is on top of the situation, he has earned his success. This card is about being in control and constantly alert – the Charioteer must constantly watch the road ahead and take appropriate action.
Reversed, there are two extremes. Either the Charioteer fails to appreciate that others have a right to be on the road and becomes a road hog, or else he loses his grip. If he loses control, it will be difficult to regain and the Chariot will be overturned, with breathtaking suddenness. It may be, then, that the Charioteer will blame everyone else for his failure.
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