Wheel of Fortune
The Time Is Ripe
The energy of the card
The wheel turns, borne by the four creatures in the clouds. It stands for turning points, life tasks and the moment when the time is ripe. What comes now belongs to your path.
Your path with this card
Every turn brings you one step further in your life’s task. What you encounter can be solved – piece by piece. The Wheel invites you to accept the task life is setting you right now.
- What task is life setting you right now?
- What is ripe to be tackled now?
In the shadow
Powerlessness, the feeling of being at the mercy of fate. The Wheel reminds you that you are turning it, too.
The image and its meaning
The Wheel of Fortune keeps on turning – some events are beyond our influence.
The 4 angels of the Apocalypse and the sphinx with the sword of fate influence the dynamics of our life. The jackal-headed figure recalls the Egyptian god of funeral rites: Anubis. His most important task was to oversee the weighing of souls, and his judgment was of decisive importance.
The symbols on the wheel stand for the 4 elements that hold our world together. Good times alternate with bad, time and fate are in constant rotation. It is about one’s own destiny, one’s attitude toward personal fate and the question of meaning.
The tarot card Wheel of Fortune also reminds us that there is always a chance, and solutions that we cannot and need not influence ourselves. For this we should show patience and sometimes simply wait for the right moment, until our life situation changes in our favor.
Related cards
Tarot The World
The World shows the goal, the Wheel the way there: the task that leads you home.
Lenormand The Crossroads
The Crossroads in the Lenormand show the fork where you choose your direction.
Symbols on the card
- Anubis (aufsteigend) · Wiederaufstieg, UnterweltSymbol für Transformation und Wiedergeburt.
- Buch in den Händen der vier Wesen · Weisheit, StudiumDie geflügelten Wesen lesen – Symbol für Lernen und göttliches Wissen.
- Drehendes Rad mit Buchstaben T-A-R-O · Zyklus, SchicksalTARO kann als TAROT, ROTA (Rad), oder TORA gelesen werden – Symbol für kosmische Ordnung.
- Schlange (Typhon) · Chaos, AbstiegRepräsentiert die dunklen Kräfte, die sich vom Rad nach unten bewegen.
- Vier geflügelte Wesen (Engel, Adler, Löwe, Stier) · Elemente, EvangelistenSymbolisieren die vier Elemente, Himmelsrichtungen und Evangelisten.
