Major arcana

Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune stands for the movement of situations, changes of position and the impossibility of holding one same balance indefinitely.

Tarot de Marseille Fire/Jupiter See in Rider-Waite-Smith →

What the card shows

The Wheel of Fortune turns around a central hub, with figures clinging to its rim: one rises, the other falls. The crank shows that the rotation goes on.

Its light

Understanding the movement lets you adjust your position instead of fighting what is shifting. Knowing where you sit on the rim lights up the action to take now.

Its shadow

Waiting for an outside change suspends your own choice. If you put every decision back to a turn of events, you stay still and circumstances go on deciding.

Keywords

cyclechangemovementadaptationreversal

Notes on the symbolism

Symbolism TdM. The Wheel of Fortune. The wheel takes up the rota fortunae of medieval illuminations, where position changes with no part played by merit.

What this card invites you to do

Identify what turns and what depends on you, then adapt your action. Act on your share, however small, rather than waiting for the wheel to stop.

A card does not decide for you.
It shows you where to look.

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