Strength (VIII)

Gentleness is stronger than fear.

The image

A woman in white, crowned with flowers and an infinity sign above her head, calmly closes the jaws of a red lion with her bare hands.

Keywords: courage, gentleness, patience

Light side

True strength is calm and kind. You can meet strong emotions, your own or another's, with patience instead of a fight.

Shadow side

Gentleness can become suppression: smiling over anger or fear you have not really heard. The lion is meant to be befriended, not silenced.

Drawing Strength in a game of Leela

In Leela Atlas you can draw a card from the Classic Tarot when you land on a square. A bridging question links the card to the square, so the card speaks to your own question:

• What strong feeling around this question is asking to be met with tenderness?
• What does "Strength" show you about your square?
• If "Strength" were advice for your question, what would it say?
• Where do you meet "Strength" in your life right now?