Strength

Card VIII of the Major Arcana. A woman gently closes the jaws of a lion, an infinity symbol above her head. She wears a white robe and a garland of flowers. Upright, Strength represents courage, patience, compassion, inner fortitude, and the mastery of raw emotion through gentleness rather than force. It encourages you to approach challenges with quiet confidence. Reversed, it warns of self-doubt, insecurity, raw emotion, or inner weakness. Associated with Leo and the element of Fire. Strength teaches the Fool that true power comes not from domination but from the loving taming of one's own nature.