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The Chariot Tarot Card Meaning
The Chariot tarot card means determination, control and victory. Willpower carries you forward.
Upright
- Determination
- control
- victory
Reversed
- Lost direction
- forcing it
- stalled progress
Yes or no
Yes
The Chariot is card VII of the 22 major arcana.
What the card shows
An armoured prince stands in a chariot under a canopy of stars. Two sphinxes, one black and one white, sit in front of it, and he holds no reins. A walled city lies behind him.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Chariot is read as winning through willpower. Two forces pull in different directions and you keep them moving the same way by focus alone. It often shows up for travel, ambition and hard-won progress.
The Chariot reversed
Reversed, it is read as losing direction, pushing too hard, or a goal stalled because the parts of your life are pulling apart.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, The Chariot is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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