A woman in white with a garland of flowers gently closes the jaws of a red lion, an infinity sign above her head.
Art: Pamela Colman Smith, from the original 1909 Rider–Waite–Smith deck (public domain). Scan by Saskia Jansen via Wikimedia Commons.

Major Arcana · VIII

Strength

courage · patience · gentle power

Real strength is calm. Meet a difficult feeling or person with steadiness and kindness, and it softens.

Love
Patience and compassion carry the relationship through a tense patch.
Work and money
Quiet persistence wins over force.
Reversed
Self-doubt or force used where patience would serve. Your quiet strength is still there.

Tarot is a mirror for reflection, not a forecast. For timing in marriage or career, your kundli says far more.

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