Strength As Feelings
Strength as feelings reveals a complex emotional landscape. This person embodies The Gentle Warrior, The Tamer, The Compassionate Hero energy in how they feel - wise and guiding in their emotional expression. The card's imagery mirrors their inner world: A serene woman in white robes gently closes or opens the mouth of a lion. Above her head hovers the infinity symbol, and she wears a crown of flowers. In love, Strength represents the patient, nurturing kind of love that endures through difficult times. This card suggests having the emotional courage to work through relationship challenges rather than giving up when things get tough. You have the inner strength to love unconditionally, to be vulnerable, and to maintain faith in love even when tested. For singles, Strength indicates attracting love through authentic self-confidence and emotional maturity. In relationships, this card represents the ability to handle conflicts with patience and understanding, to tame your own reactive impulses, and to bring out the best in your partner through gentle encouragement rather than criticism.
What They're Feeling
When someone feels like Strength, their primary emotions are courage, strength, pride. The woman with lion in the card reflects feelings of gentle strength overcoming brute force. The infinity symbol above head in the card reflects feelings of unlimited potential and divine connection. Beneath the surface, there may also be feelings of leadership, achievement, authority.
Hidden Emotions
Even when Strength appears upright, there may be hidden undercurrents of weakness, overwhelm, lack of control. These shadow emotions don't negate the primary feelings but add depth to understanding them.
How They Show These Feelings
As a fire card, Strength suggests this person expresses their feelings passionately and directly. They tend toward enthusiasm, spontaneity, intensity in emotional matters. Expect them to communicate through bold gestures, energetic presence, and immediate expression of their feelings
What This Means for You
These feelings are genuine and present. In love, Strength represents the patient, nurturing kind of love that endures through difficult times. This card suggests having the emotional courage to work through relationship challenges rather than giving up when things get tough. Understanding their emotional language - shaped by fire energy - will help you connect more deeply.
Strength Reversed: As Feelings
When Strength reversed represents feelings, the emotions are present but struggling to surface or be expressed. In love, reversed Strength warns of emotional weakness, being overwhelmed by relationship challenges, or using emotional manipulation instead of patient love. You may be giving your power away in relationships, allowing others to control or dominate you, or conversely, being too controlling yourself. This card can indicate lack of confidence in love, fear of vulnerability, or the inability to maintain emotional balance in relationships. There may be uncontrolled jealousy, anger, or insecurity damaging your romantic connections. The reversed Strength calls for developing better emotional self-regulation and finding your inner strength in love. The fire energy is turned inward, creating internal emotional processing rather than outward expression.
Blocked or Unexpressed Emotions
Strength reversed suggests feelings that are present but trapped. They may want to express courage, strength, pride but feel unable to. This could stem from fear, past hurt, or uncertainty about the relationship.
What They Cannot Communicate
In love, reversed Strength warns of emotional weakness, being overwhelmed by relationship challenges, or using emotional manipulation instead of patient love.
Esoteric Correspondences
Understanding Strength's deeper symbolism enriches your as feelings interpretation.
Golden Dawn Title
La Force
La Forza
Element
fire
Planet
Sun
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Dates
July 23 - August 22
Hebrew Letter
ט (Teth)
Serpent, primal energy, coiled power
Tree of Life
Path 19
Chesed to Geburah (Mercy to Severity)
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