The Chariot — “The Chariot’s Path”

Enough choosing. Time to go

The Chariot is control over your emotions. A winner, success, moving forward, responsibility. Wins that come from willpower and being able to manage your feelings. Drive, confidence. Keeping your fears and emotions in check on the way to a goal. Leaving your comfort zone. Speed — the Chariot is a card of movement.

The Chariot is card VII. Before it, a person made their own choice — the Lovers. And now the choice is made. The Chariot says: “Enough choosing. Time to go.”

Two sphinxes

Here a person learns to handle opposing forces. The card shows two sphinxes, one black and one white. They pull the chariot in different directions, but the driver has to hold the course. So the Chariot’s win isn’t about crushing one side — it’s about pulling the contradictions together and pointing them at one goal.

A leap that means working on yourself

A client once asked what her prospects at work were. The Chariot, the Moon and the Nine of Pentacles came up. This combination speaks of a big leap forward — that’s the Chariot. It will mean working on your inner state, on your dark thoughts — that’s the Moon. And in the end it will lead to financial independence and good income — that’s the Nine of Pentacles.

When a man asked whether he would go to work abroad on the contract he’d signed, the Chariot showed that he wanted to go and work, that he was ready for the trip.

And once the Chariot came up as the advice card in a relationship reading. First of all it said how important it is to manage your emotional state and your thoughts. Take things into your own hands, act decisively. Don’t stand still. Move forward fast.

When the chariot runs without a driver

The shadow side is losing control. Burnout. Aggression. Walking over other people. Intolerance. Or the opposite — complete standstill, being afraid to take the first step. Here it’s important to take things into your own hands and move forward.

Next comes Strength

After the big push forward, a person runs into their own nature — emotions, desires and instincts. The Chariot says: “I can beat the circumstances.” And Strength asks: “But can you learn to handle yourself?”

• The Lovers: “I choose.”
• The Chariot: “I move.”
• Strength: “I handle my own strength.”