The Chariot
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
A charioteer drives two sphinxes, one black one white, by will alone
Opposing forces driven in one direction; momentum toward victory
A race with no reins; winning pursued past sense
It runs on will, not reins — set the direction and it moves
As your card of the day
If The Chariot is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Opposing forces driven in one direction; momentum toward victory”. When it tips toward “A race with no reins; winning pursued past sense”, remember the way the picture draws: It runs on will, not reins — set the direction and it moves.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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