VIII
STRENGTH
力量
Card VIII of the Major Arcana
Strength
力量
“The lion is calmed by your stillness, not your fight.”
Upright
The lion is calmed by your stillness, not your fight.
The Shadow
Forcing what only patience can open.
East × West
Through the eyes of the zodiac
How Strength reads differently for each animal sign.
Rat
For one whose your quick mind is faster than your circumstances, the card asks for courage.
Ox
For one whose your steady hands move mountains, slowly, the card asks for courage.
Tiger
For one whose your fire is the kind people warm themselves by, the card asks for courage.
Rabbit
For one whose your softness is a strategy, not a weakness, the card asks for courage.
Dragon
For one whose your wingspan is wider than the room you're in, the card asks for courage.
Snake
For one whose you see what others only sense, the card asks for courage.
Horse
For one whose you run toward the horizon, not away from anything, the card asks for courage.
Goat
For one whose your gentleness reshapes the rough edges of others, the card asks for courage.
Monkey
For one whose you find the door everyone else missed, the card asks for courage.
Rooster
For one whose your honesty arrives before the sun does, the card asks for courage.
Dog
For one whose your loyalty is the kind that builds nations, quietly, the card asks for courage.
Pig
For one whose your generosity returns to you in shapes you didn't expect, the card asks for courage.