8 – Strength

Card Number: 8

Card Name: Strength

Core Attributes

• ✨Astrological Correspondence:✨♌ Leo
• ✨Element:✨🔥 Fire
• ✨Direction:✨🧭South
• ✨Numerology:✨8️⃣ 8
• ✨Archetype:✨🎭The Hero, The Courageous One, The Gentle Warrior
• ✨Energy:✨⚡Inner strength, courage, patience, fortitude, confidence, resilience, compassion, self-mastery
• ✨Keywords:✨🗝
  • Upright Keywords for Strength:
  • Courage
  • Patience
  • Inner strength
  • Compassion
  • Self-discipline
  • Control
  • Perseverance
  • Determination
  • Confidence
  • Gentle power
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Resilience
  • Reversed Keywords for Strength:
  • Weakness
  • Self-doubt
  • Lack of self-discipline
  • Impulsiveness
  • Fear
  • Loss of control
  • Frustration
  • Anger
  • Insecurity
  • Overwhelm
  • Vulnerability
  • Powerlessness
• ✨Basic Meaning:✨📖 In the upright position, Strength symbolizes inner courage, patience, and the ability to face challenges with compassion and self-control. It represents resilience, confidence, and mastering one’s emotions to overcome obstacles gracefully. In the reversed position, Strength can indicate self-doubt, weakness, or a lack of self-discipline, suggesting that fear or impulsiveness may be interfering with progress. It may signal the need to reconnect with inner fortitude and patience in order to navigate difficult situations effectively

Symbols & Associations

• ✨Gemstones:✨💎 Topaz, Chrysolite, Carnelian, Sunstone, Citrine, Ruby
• ✨Herbs:✨🌿 Sunflower, Cayenne, Lavender, Rose, Sage, Rosemary
• ✨Runes:✨ᚠ Wunjo, Ehwaz, Sowilo
• ✨Tree:✨🌳 Ash, Oak
• ✨Chakras:✨🌀 Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra

Cultural and Mythological Links

• ✨Deities:✨👑 Freyr, Thor, Sekhmet, Bast, Macha, Brigid, Danu, Isis, The Dagda, Lugh, Hercules, Durga, Helios
• ✨Sabbats:✨🌻Litha
• ✨Archangels:✨👼 Michael, Haniel
• ✨Native American Totem Animals:✨🦉 Lion, Horse, Eagle
• ✨I-Ching:✨📜 26 Ta Ch’u – Controlled Power
• ✨Tree of Life:✨🌲 Chesed ↔ Geburah

Additional Details

✨Timing (When it should come about):✨⏳ July 23 – August 22

✨Season:✨☀️Mid-Summer

 ✨Month: ✨📅August

✨Day of the Week:✨🗓 Sunday

✨Time of the Day:✨🌞Noon

✨Yes/No Answer:✨✅❌ Yes

 ✨Count: ✨#️⃣ 12

✨Color:✨🎨 Yellow, Gold, Red, Orange

✨Aura:✨🌈Gold, Yellow, Orange

✨Moon Phase:✨🌙Waxing Gibbous

✨Weather:✨⛅Sunny, warm

✨Metal:✨⚙️Gold, Iron

✨Scents:✨🌸Frankincense, Sandalwood, Cinnamon

✨Chocolate:✨🍫 Spicy Chocolate (Cinnamon/Chili)

✨Candle Type:✨🕯️Figural Candle

✨Common Associations:✨🔗Courage, resilience, self-control, compassion, patience, confidence, mastering inner impulses, gentle power, overcoming challenges with calm determination, the balance of strength and kindness, harnessing personal power without aggression

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