Strength as feelings: what it says about how they feel

Strength as feelings describes affection with patience in it. On the card a woman gently closes the mouth of a lion with her bare hands; the power in the picture is calm, not forceful. As a feeling, that is someone who cares deeply and handles it with tenderness.

It is also a card about courage. Feeling something for someone takes nerve, and Strength often describes a person who has found that nerve, or is quietly finding it.

Strength as feelings, upright

Upright, Strength as feelings points to warm, steady attraction, often with a protective or patient quality. They may be very fond of you and willing to be gentle with your difficult parts. It can describe passion that is held in check rather than absent, and a relationship where both people bring out each other’s better nature.

Strength reversed as feelings

Reversed, Strength as feelings can mean self doubt: they feel something and do not trust themselves to act on it. It can also mean impatience or frustration, the lion getting loose. Sometimes it points to someone who is exhausted and does not have the reserves to show what they feel.

Strength as how someone sees you

As how someone sees you, Strength suggests they see you as brave, kind and steady, someone with more resilience than you let on. They may admire how you handle hard things.

Strength as feelings from an ex

From an ex, Strength as feelings often means they have made peace with the ending, or that they are working hard to stay calm about it. Upright, it describes respect and a gentle kind of fondness; reversed, it can mean feelings they are struggling to keep under control.

Strength next to other cards

Next to the Lovers or the Two of Cups, Strength describes a relationship with real tenderness in it. Beside the Devil, it shows someone trying to master a strong pull. With the Tower, it suggests a person holding steady through upheaval.

What to do with this card

Be gentle and be brave in the same breath. Say the true thing kindly. If someone is being patient with you, honor it; if you are the patient one, make sure the patience is not becoming silence.

Ask the cards your own question

One card is one reading of one moment. If you would like to ask about a particular person, the free love reading lets you put the question in your own words first, and it will be honest about what the cards can and cannot see from the outside.

Questions people ask

Is Strength a yes as feelings?

Yes, a warm and steady one. It points to affection held with care.

Why is the Strength card number eight and not eleven?

In the Rider-Waite tradition Strength is eight and Justice eleven; some older decks swap them. We use the Rider-Waite order.

What does Strength reversed mean for feelings?

Self doubt, impatience, or someone too tired to show what they feel.