Strength



The Strength Arcana represents courage, self-control, and willpower. This is often given to characters with strong convictions and people who have to resist temptations on a daily basis. Personas of this Arcana, like the Chariot, excels in physical strength.

Tarot Card Analysis
While Strength is often thought of as a physical element, this arcana is not a description of that. Instead, it is Inner Strength, part of one's character and will. Like the Chariot, this card deals with emotion. Though while the Chariot drives to control them, Strength drives to rise above them.

While Strength does deal with emotion, it's only real properties are courage and patience. Neither of them are real emotions, but rather forces of will that are above inner desires. Courage overtakes fears, and patience overtakes inner desire.

In the card, there is a woman, and a lion. Some cards have the woman sticking her hand in the lions mouth, in full control of it. The woman represents courage and patience, while the lion represents the raging beast full of emotion. The woman cannot overtake brute strength with her own, but with her Inner Strength, which is ultimately more powerful, can control the lion.

Reversed Meaning
In reverse, the lion is controlling the woman, and therefore overwhelms her with it's brute strength. Though, the woman is not trapped, but without her Inner Strength she will either run away or fight back with brute strength of her own. Ultimately, this means the person in question has failed to uphold his/her convictions, and will either become a coward, or the very thing he/she tried to control.

Arcana Advantages

 * Innate Ability: Minor Power Boost
 * Stat Boosts: +3 STR
 * Skill Boosts: .75 Point gives a level up to Courage.