Strength
The Strength card depicts a lady with a lion, the lion is subdued, but not by mere physical force, yet rather by love and compassion. So too are we able to restrain the largest of strife through understanding, patience and tolerance. Courage, Balance, Patience and Understanding. As courage and strength are often confused with physicality and brutality, the strength card represents inner strength, compassion and understanding of circumstances, so by which to overcome hardship and strife.
Numerology: As VIII represents infinity, eternity, and success, so this Major Arcana signifies a means of permanent overcoming, and triumph.
