Strength — Major Arcana XI of the Tarot de Marseille

Major Arcana · XI

Strength

the animal forces

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Meaning

"Vital energy returns"

I employ what I have. Or I retain what I have, inhibiting the sexual drive…

The Magician was in the light; Strength is dark, libidinal.

Questions to reflect on

  • What kind of strength do I have: intellectual strength, emotional strength, sexual-creative strength, material strength?
  • Do I set out with my ideas to change the world?
  • Do I feel ignorant or naive?
  • Do I set out to give my love?
  • Do I feel selfish?
  • Do I set out to fulfill my desires?
  • Do I feel impotent or frigid?
  • Do I set out to fulfill myself?
  • Do I feel cowardly?
  • What is it I must tame?
  • What are my strengths, gifts, and talents?
  • How do I employ my creative energy?
  • What are my desires?
  • What are the advantages of doing this?
  • What must I "tame" within myself?
  • What is my main motivation for reaching it?
  • This goal: how challenging do I find it given my pace of life and my circumstances?
  • What is my relationship with what I am experiencing?
  • How do I usually control my instincts?
  • Am I autonomous enough to make my own decisions?