The Strength card appears to suggest that the woman has tremendous physical power if she can open or close the lion’s jaws. However, it is spiritual force that she applies. She reflects the power of the magician in the lemniscate symbol above her head or incorporated into her hat. It is faith in your own power that gets you through the most difficult times.
Spirit transmutes your physical energy into something far more powerful. When this card appears in a reading, you know you can deflect lies and malicious gossip easily if you choose to stop it in its tracks.
The Strength card also suggests that you radiate your inner spiritual strength and that others can perceive it, even if they can’t actually see it. Other adepts know the range of your power and can help you on your path of psychic development.
The role of the feminine as the mediating influence between human consciousness and the primitive psyche is celebrated in countless fairy tales and legends. Through a woman’s loving acceptance of its bestial nature, the animal isnot only tamed but is transformed as well.
~ Sallie Nichols
Remember … for power one must believe in one’s ability. Advance with faith. To become strong, impose slience upon the weakness of the heart.
~ C. C. Zain
…he who knoweth the secret of that Stone,
Knoweth also the secret of the Serpent.
~ Paul Foster Case
Sources
Zain, C. C., The Sacred Tarot. Los Angeles, The Church of
Light, 1936.
Nichols, Sallie, Jung and Tarot:
An Archetypal Journey. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1980.
Case, Paul Foster, The Book of Tokens: 22 Meditations on the Ageless Wisdom. Los Angeles, Builder of the Adytum, 1968. Quoted with permission from Builders of the Adytum, 5101 North Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA. 90042; http://www.bota.org/. Permission to use Builders of the Adytum images in no way constitutes endorsement of the material on this site.
De Angelis, Roberto, Universal Tarot Deck. Torino, Italy: Lo Scarabeo, 2003. Lo Scarabeo has graciously granted permission for the use of the Tarot images on this site. Copying the images without their permission wuld be a violation of copyright law.
