Tarot Card of the Week - 18/10/26
Tarot Card for the Week commencing Sunday
18th October 2026
Strength
Welcome!
The Story the Tarot Card Is Telling Us This Week
STRENGTH. OK, there are 78 cards in a Tarot deck, of which only 22 are Major Arcana. So drawing a Major for four consecutive weeks certainly feels significant!
We've had The World acknowledging the end of a cycle, The Fool encouraging us to take the first steps into something new, and The High Priestess reminding us to trust our gut along the way.
Now Strength appears, and I feel this card is suggesting that the next part of our journey might not be quite as straightforward as we'd hoped!
Strength card encourages us to draw upon our inner strength, willpower and determination. Perhaps it's a good time to remind ourselves why we started this journey in the first place. What are we trying to achieve, and why does it matter to us?
Remembering our reasons may help us find the determination to keep going.
But there's something I always want to point out when Strength appears.
It's OK saying, "Keep going, you've got this!" But to me, that's an empty phrase if we don't acknowledge just how difficult the situation might actually be.
Look at the card. She's taming a LION! That's no mean feat!
And see that she may not be trying to overpower it. I prefer to see her as controlling the situation through patience, confidence and determination. Perhaps that's where her real strength lies.
Without other cards for context, our lion could represent any number of things. Perhaps we're wrestling with our own doubts, trying to resist temptation, facing a difficult conversation or dealing with a challenge that requires considerable effort.
Whatever your particular lion represents, Strength isn't suggesting that overcoming it will be easy. It's reminding us that difficulties don't necessarily mean we're on the wrong path.
And perhaps the answer isn't always to fight harder. Sometimes we need to remain calm, and find a different way of handling what's in front of us.
Questions to Consider
💙 What is 'the lion' that I'm trying to tame at the moment?
💙 Why is overcoming this challenge important to me? What am I ultimately hoping to achieve?
💙 Would this situation benefit from a different approach? Maybe calmer, with patience?
This week's message
Strength isn't about pretending something is easy. It's about recognising the challenge and finding the courage, patience and determination to tackle it..
This is a collective tarot card reading for the week, so take what resonates and leave the rest. For legal reasons in the UK, all readings should be regarded as being for entertainment purposes only.
This week I've gone back to the lovely Pixie's Marseille Tarot by Alesandro R Rosan. I did a quick review of this deck a few weeks ago. You can find it here.
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