Strength
Major Arcana, VIII · Fire · angel number 888
Strength means quiet courage, patience and resilience, the steady inner power that calms a hard situation instead of fighting it. Reversed, it shows self-doubt, patience running out, or energy spent holding everything in.
You're stronger than this situation, and I think you know that. You're just tired. 888 is on your side, so rest and then keep going.
- courage
- resilience
- patience
- endurance
- inner strength
- emotional control
From Rosemary's own notes on the card.
Strength upright
Courage, the quiet kind. The woman on this card is closing the lion's mouth with her bare hands, and she isn't fighting it. She's calming it. Strength is resilience, emotional control, patience, endurance, relying on your inner strength to get through something hard. 888 sits with this card for me: abundance, personal power, energetic flow, opportunities, alignment. Together they read as confidence and perseverance, emotional mastery, the kind of strong that doesn't need to raise its voice.
Strength reversed
The lion's winning today. That's self-doubt, or patience running out, or strength being spent on holding everything in instead of holding yourself up, and I see the last one most. Rest is part of endurance. You're allowed some.
In love
Patience with someone, or with yourself inside the relationship. Gentle strength holds this together. Force would break it.
In work and money
Perseverance through a hard stretch. Your personal power at work comes from steadiness here, and 888 says the flow of opportunity is on your side when you keep going.
As advice
Treat yourself gently and keep going at a pace you can hold. You have come through hard things before, and rest is part of enduring.
Yes or no?
Yes, because Strength shows you have the patience and courage to see this through, as long as you stay steady. A single card shows a lean, never a promise of how things turn out.
For yourself
Your inner strength is already proven. You've been through difficulty before and you're sitting here, so trust the part of you that got you through it.
Questions about Strength
What does Strength mean in tarot?
Strength means quiet courage, patience and resilience, the steady inner power that calms a hard situation instead of fighting it. Reversed, it shows self-doubt, patience running out, or energy spent holding everything in.
What does Strength mean in love?
In love, Strength calls for gentle patience, with the other person and with yourself, because softness holds this connection together better than force.
What does Strength mean reversed?
Reversed, Strength shows self-doubt or worn-out patience, often from spending all your strength holding feelings in, and a real need for rest.
What does Strength mean as feelings?
As feelings, Strength suggests someone who feels steady and patient about you, with deep affection they show through calm and consistency.
Is Strength a yes or no card?
Yes, because Strength shows you have the patience and courage to see this through, as long as you stay steady.
The short answers, the advice and the yes-or-no lean on this page are traditional readings of the card, written by the team that builds this site.
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Card image: the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, 1909. Public domain.