Strength (Upright) | Tarot Card of the Day
“You are stronger than the challenge before you.”
Strength (Upright) | Tarot Card
The Strength card is a symbol of inner fortitude, which helps us prevail in the face of life’s challenges.
Strength is something that needs to be reinforced every day. Just as muscles need to be continuously used to maintain their power, so too does inner strength need to be habitually exercised. Every time you act in your own best interest despite your fears and inner weaknesses, you are developing strength. Strength is a choice. You can either buckle to what keeps you stuck and afraid, or you can choose excellence.
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At what time in your life did you feel you were strongest?
Do you sometimes forget you are that same person? Do you need to get back on track by standing up to inner weaknesses which have been keeping you stuck and afraid?
The woman on this card does not sport bulging muscles, but she is the epitome of inner strength and confidence. The lion on the card represents her “lower” impulses, such as fear, anger, bad habits, belligerence, and other out of control behaviors. She confronts her lion by gently closing its mouth, thereby not allowing it to consume her. She loves the lion and it loves her too. You can see the lion licking her affectionately. Your higher self appreciates when you focus your passions constructively. The infinity symbol above the woman’s head shows she is eternally confronting the lion. Her strength is part of her now. It has been habitually reinforced, by confronting and overcoming weakness every day. The lion’s tail is between his legs, symbolizing submission to the part of you that knows best.
Strength is not manifested by large displays of power, but by gentle, compassionate, self-directed corrections in the form of good decisions.
Strength is also not just used once and then you’re done! It is a daily routine that becomes much easier with practice and time. It’s also important not to make self-corrections because of how “guilty” you feel. Inwardly directed corrections should come from a place of self-love and compassion, or they won’t work (later the lion will rebel and revert, if it has guilt or shame to latch on to).
You are more powerful than you may give yourself credit for. Human beings get stuck in ruts, and sometimes it feels that we can’t change something because we’ve been acting that way so long that it is just part of who we are. You are not anything/behavior that depletes your majesty! If a certain behavior has been running amok like a wild lion, and you feel it can’t be self-controlled, think again. Every day you have the power to be excellent. You have the choice to direct your own life or leave it to the shadows. Being strong in the face of your inner beast can feel difficult at first, but with continued positive action the lion is always tamed.
Commit to three choices you can make today to rein in the beast. This will affirm your strength.
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Discover the Strength (Reversed) meaning.
Learn what the Strength card means in matters of love, as part of my ‘Tarot in Love’ series.
