Wheel of FortuneTarot card meaning
Wheel of Fortune is card 10 of the Major Arcana. In tarot it means turning point, cycles and fate. As a yes or no answer, it leans yes.
The wheel is turning whether you push it or not. Luck, timing, a season changing, the Wheel of Fortune says the circumstances around you are shifting. Ride the turn.
In a yes or no reading: Yes · yes or no tarot →
- Arcana
- Major Arcana
- Astrology
- Jupiter
- Number
- 10 · 10 → 1
What the card shows
A great wheel turns in the sky, marked with letters and old symbols. A serpent slides down one side, a jackal-headed figure rises on the other, and a sphinx sits still on top with a sword. In the corners, four winged creatures read books among the clouds. Everything on the wheel moves; only the one at the center of its turning stays calm.
Wheel of Fortune reversed
A downturn in the cycle, resisted, it becomes suffering; understood, it becomes timing. Reversed, the Wheel counsels: this phase is not permanent, and it is not personal.
How to read a reversed card →Wheel of Fortune in love
In love, the Wheel of Fortune is the meeting you did not plan and the turn you do not control. The sphinx on top, the snake sliding down: today you are on the high side, or the low one, and tomorrow it changes. The card says something in your love life is turning, and the best you can do is not cling to the spoke in your hand.
Is Wheel of Fortune a yes or a no?
The Wheel of Fortune answers yes, and warns that the turn is not up to you. The sphinx sits on top today and the snake slides down the side: what you ask is on a favorable turn. Use the moment while it lasts, because the wheel stops for no one.
Wheel of Fortune and its neighbours in the arc
| Card | Keyword | Element | Yes or no |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hermit | solitude | Major Arcana | Not yet clear |
| Wheel of Fortune | turning point | Major Arcana | Yes |
| Justice | truth | Major Arcana | Not yet clear |
Cards that often appear with it
- The Hermit
The card before it in the major arc
- Justice
The card after it in the major arc
- Ace of Wands
The ace that speaks its element at street level
Number and correspondence
In the deck's old correspondences, Wheel of Fortune belongs to Jupiter.
Will this card find you tonight?
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