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Sunday, 21 March 2010

8. Strength

Up – Fortitude, spiritual power. Well-founded confidence. Knowing the factors involved and being aware that one can overcome. Moral fortitude.

Reversed – Lack of moral fibre. Abuse of power. Aggression.

Strength conquers by being a superior being; her strength is in her inner conviction that the lion will submit, not in physical might. She has calmness and a sense of purpose that will not permit her to be harmed. Her power is not in displaying might for its own sake, rather in the manifestation of a great inner resource. She may not have realised that she had it in her. This is the faith that moves mountains; all things are possible if we but believe.

Reversed, the card points to lack of moral fibre – cowardice. If you don't believe in yourself, who will believe in you – and what can you believe in?

The other extreme is abuse of strength. Most strong men are gentle. If you are secure in the knowledge of your own power, you have no need to keep proving yourself by being aggressive. Aggressive people lack inner strength; they are afraid that if the other party gets in the first blow, they will be destroyed. "Do unto others before they can do unto you" is their motto.

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