Strength

Real power means befriending your own wild nature and guiding it with steady compassion.

Keywords

Upright: Inner strength, Courage, Compassion
Reversed: Self-doubt, Low energy, Impatience

Gentle courage and patience calm fear, anger, or desire that force alone never could.

Self-doubt hides your inner strength, as the lion runs loose or is pushed down.

Warmth and patience calm a volatile dynamic, letting passion grow into lasting devotion.

Calm persistence with difficult people earns more authority than any show of dominance.

Woman closing the lion's jaws She masters the lion through tenderness, with no weapon or chain.

Infinity sign above her head Her strength flows from a deep source that renews itself without end.

Where am I fighting my own feelings when I could be befriending them instead?