Wheel of Fortune card

Regain control.

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

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The card is inherently a blocking card, one that compels the person to turn inward and understand that internal change will lead to external change. When this card appears in a reading, the message to the querent is that they have lost balance and are allowing the Wheel of Fortune to spin out of control. They need to pause, go inward, create change within, and regain control over their situation.

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The Meaning of The Card

The Wheel of Fortune card represents the essence of life’s cycles and the processes of change. It symbolizes the creation of a new reality that emerges from internal transformation. There is a reciprocity between a person’s inner world and their external world. While the challenge may often be external, the change always comes from within. The only point on the card and the wheel that is without movement is its center—the person’s core. From this central point, the person observes and can handle changes as if viewing them from the outside. The card does not focus on the initiate or the teacher, but rather on the essence of nature that one must internalize. Every part of the process is temporary—joy, sadness, health, pain, and illness. What allows a person to withstand changes and challenges is dwelling in the center point, the point of balance, where the quiet exists that makes everything possible.

Wheel of Fortune card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
4 Winged Figures Holding a Book	The four figures reading books at the corners of the card represent the four elements (fire, earth, water, and air) and the four states of consciousness (mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual) respectively. The figures symbolize the four elements, and the book signifies learning and wisdom.
Wheel	The wheel represents cycles, life and death, the seasons, tides, and the growth and decay of both humans and nature. It symbolizes movement, with the center of the wheel being a stable and quiet place. The eight spokes on the wheel symbolize infinity and the eight directions of the wind, allowing a person to choose any direction they wish to go.
Typhon Snake	The snake symbolizes transformation, secrets, and darkness. It represents the life force and the material world.
Sphinx	The blue-colored sphinx symbolizes ancient wisdom, cosmic memory, and vision. With the body of a lion and the face of a human, it represents strength, royalty, glory, and awareness.
Clouds	Power, transience, they serve as a barrier, renewal.
ROTA TARO TORA	TORA represents ancient knowledge, TARO spiritual knowledge, and ROTA the wheel of fortune.
YHWH (Yahweh)	Connection to ancient knowledge and ancient powers.
The Four Alchemical Elements	The alchemical symbols: salt symbolizes stability, mercury symbolizes change, sulfur symbolizes initiative, and water is the source of life. They represent stability, change, and action.
Anubis	The legendary creature Anubis, half-human and half-jackal, symbolizes the need for inner recognition and self-awareness. Protector of the dead, fate.
8 Lines Inside the Circle	According to Buddha, there are eight stages to enlightenment, representing the four cardinal directions, the four elements, and symbolizing infinity.
Sword	The sword symbolizes thinking and logic.

Mythology

The card is associated with the goddess of fortune, Fortuna, or by her Greek name, Tyche. She is symbolized by movement, whirlwinds, and storms. She is connected to luck, fate, success, and chance.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

The card represents a situation where the initiate learns that life’s challenges stem from the imbalance within the person. The challenge is not external, it is not a cruel fate that has entered their life, nor is it a punishment. It is a choice of the soul, signaling the person that they need to restore their internal balance. The external world is a reflection of the internal world. Every encounter is a lesson designed to help the person understand what is out of balance and how to create inner balance and wholeness. Inner wholeness attracts external wholeness. As long as there is internal imbalance, the person will continue to attract situations and people into their life that reflect this imbalance. It is important to maintain the changes, to continue practicing the processes of change to avoid reverting to old habits. Sometimes, after a change is made, the external environment does not fit because it has not changed, and it may try to pull the person back into old habits. The card appears because there is an imbalance within the person that causes them to be swept away by the current. They need to take control of their life’s destiny and find balance. When the card appears in a reading, it represents a situation of pressure, where the ground feels like it is slipping from under the querent’s feet because the familiar and known no longer fit their life.

It is important to remember that this is a card from the Major Arcana, representing the spiritual realm. The querent’s soul is in a place where it seeks to find balance in their life after feeling swept away by the current of reality. To fully realize the message of this card, the querent needs to turn inward, listen to themselves, and restore balance to their life.