MIRA

11 · Arcana

Strength

Handling one's own power

What it means

Strength – about aligning with the animal part of oneself rather than suppressing it. This is the arcana of calm influence: restrained power works more reliably than display.

Shadow side

Violence towards oneself under the guise of discipline and constant proving of strength to someone who has not challenged it.

How it is read in the matrix

An arcana by itself is not a verdict nor a characteristic: it answers the question of the position it occupies. The same arcana in the centre and in the relationships area indicates different things — in the centre about what the person returns to, in relationships about how they approach. Therefore, reading the matrix starts with the question of the position, not with the name of the arcana.

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