Major arcana
Strength
Strength acts through presence and patience. It does not remove the lion’s impulse, it holds it in a relationship rather than in a constraint.
Strength acts through presence and patience. It does not remove the lion’s impulse, it holds it in a relationship rather than in a constraint.
Strength stands near the lion and gently opens its jaws, with no visible constraint. Above her head, the sign of infinity is drawn in two loops.
Gentleness gets what constraint misses. Holding a force without gripping lets the situation calm, and mastery works through presence rather than through the grip.
Restraint can smother what pushes. Treating every impulse as a danger cuts the drive, and patience held by pride turns into resentment.
RWS. Arcana VIII. Strength receives the same 8 lying on its side as the Magician, mark of a mastery obtained through gentleness rather than through the grip.
Look at what you try to control and name what you feel. Breathe before you answer, then approach the other with your hand open.
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