Is Strength a good card to get as intentions?

Upright, yes — Strength as intentions is read as an honest, workable signal about what someone means to do. The soft hand on the lion's jaw in this position rewards directness: name what the card describes and it becomes something you can work with. Reversed, treat it as a draft rather than a verdict and give the situation a fortnight before re-reading.

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Strength as Intentions — Tarot Meaning

Major Arcana · Strength · Keywords: Strength, Courage, Compassion, Influence

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If Strength has come up as intentions in your spread, the cards are answering what someone means to do with the soft hand on the lion's jaw. This page unpacks that answer — upright, reversed, and in plain language.

What Strength means as intentions

Think of the direction of the will as the frame and Strength as the picture. The frame asks about what someone means to do; the picture shows the soft hand on the lion's jaw — Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion. Put them together and the upright meaning is: what someone means to do is currently characterised by strength, courage, compassion, influence, and the card endorses that state rather than warning against it.

Numerologically and elementally, Strength speaks of courage with Fire's signature. In practical terms: expect the answer to behave the way Fire behaves — and plan accordingly. Tarot's elements are not decoration; they are instructions about pace and texture.

Strength reversed as intentions

Reversed, Strength as intentions turns the reading inward. The the soft hand on the lion's jaw does not disappear — strength, courage, compassion, influence inverted become delayed, private, or blocked. Where the upright card answers what someone means to do openly, the reversal suggests the answer is unfinished: felt but unspoken, intended but unacted, approaching but not arrived. Read it as a draft rather than a denial.

Reflection prompts

What does this person actually want — not what they say they want?
What would their actions look like if these intentions were honest?
Am I asking about their intentions to avoid examining my own?

The card

Strength — Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion.

Related meanings

Frequently asked questions

What does Strength mean as intentions?: Think of the direction of the will as the frame and Strength as the picture. The frame asks about what someone means to do; the picture shows the soft hand on the lion's jaw — Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion. Put them together and the upright meaning is: what someone means to do is currently characterised by strength, courage, compassion, influence, and the card endorses that state rather than warning against it. Numerologically and elementally, Strength speaks of courage with Fire's signature. In practical terms: expect the answer to behave the way Fire behaves — and plan accordingly. Tarot's elements are not decoration; they are instructions about pace and texture.
What does Strength reversed mean as intentions?: Reversed, Strength as intentions turns the reading inward. The the soft hand on the lion's jaw does not disappear — strength, courage, compassion, influence inverted become delayed, private, or blocked. Where the upright card answers what someone means to do openly, the reversal suggests the answer is unfinished: felt but unspoken, intended but unacted, approaching but not arrived. Read it as a draft rather than a denial.
Is Strength a good card to get as intentions?: Upright, yes — Strength as intentions is read as an honest, workable signal about what someone means to do. The soft hand on the lion's jaw in this position rewards directness: name what the card describes and it becomes something you can work with. Reversed, treat it as a draft rather than a verdict and give the situation a fortnight before re-reading.

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