The Chariot
Keywords:
Willpower, progress, success, ambition, courage, victory, self-discipline, overcoming obstacles, direction, movement, success, action, determination, control, hard work, focus.
General:
This card signifies success through self discipline and sheer force of will. If you have found something that aligns with your values now is the time to jump. Your job now is to reign in whatever forces are causing you to pull in different directions and stay focused on the prize. The Chariot is a card that means victory after all, but don’t veer off the path because victory never comes easy. Create boundaries, remember what you stand for, and be dogged in pursuit of your goals.
This is also a card that indicates travel. You may be considering a venture or receiving a traveling visitor. Now is an auspicious time for such things.
Money & Career $
In the workplace this is a card for taking charge and sticking with whatever you have endeavored to begin. But do not be sidetracked by what what is going around you. Run your race.
Financially this is a card that says you are on the right road, just make sure that you have made all of the preparations for whatever journey you are undertaking.
Love & Relationships <3
The Charioteer seeks the greatest triumph available to them, thus in matters of love this card recommends that you pursue what you want, however it warns you not to lower your standards.
As a partner a Charioteer may put up a strong front and tough exterior, however this belies a sensitive and more expressive nature. This person often has big plans and is working towards them consistently which requires a partner understanding of their goals.
Other Aspects.
NUMBER: 7
KEY NUMBER: 18
ELEMENT: Water
NUMEROLOGICAL LINK: 16, The Tower
ASTROLOGICAL PLANET OR SIGN: Cancer the Crab
ASTROLOGICAL DECAN: N/A
PATHWAY ON THE TREE OF LIFE: Eight, in-between Geburah and Binah
HEBREW LETTER: Heth
Translation: Guidance
Symbol: Fence/Enclosure
CHAKRA: Throat, for truth
PERSONALITY:
ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Victory, Hearse, Speed, Centurion, Charioteer.
ANSWER: Yes
THE Chariot REVERSED
Keywords:
Lack of direction, powerless, forceful, no control, aggression, coercion, obstacles, carelessness, arrogance.
General:
Reversed The Chariot finds you aligned with your lesser angels. You might be lost in your emotions and experiencing a mental fog that obscures the way forward. This often results in feelings of being out of control that can cause spirals into ego, fear, feelings of overwhelm, and consequently poor decision making. This card often appears when one has recently made or is about to make a decision that may affect them negatively.
Upright this card is giving you the go ahead, but reversed it is usually suggesting you not go forward. Perhaps you may need to turn around altogether and abandon your current course of action. See if there are any lessons that need to be learned in this situation. If you are allowing obstacles to derail you at this time, attempt seeing them as an opportunity and examining if there is any way they might be turned to your advantage.
While this card is usually a sign of a need to get focused and tighten the reins, sometimes it may suggest loosening your grip and letting the situation develop on its own. Or if things have truly taken a turn for the worse, it may be suggesting to let go of the reins completely and detach the wagon.
Money/Career $
In regard to career and finances this card usually represents an imbalance of ambition or willpower either too strong or too weak in proportion to the task at hand. The Charioteer should understand that business is warfare, but this person usually lacks strategies for achieving their goals.
This card cautions getting ahead of yourself and reminds you to value others abilities and perspectives. Fables of lions and mice or turtles and hares are brought to mind.
Love / Relationships <3
The person experiencing The Chariot reversed has a very hard time letting go and can be paralyzed by fear of what they may lose if they do. You may feel utterly powerless in the face of the decisions you feel like you need to make. Get very clear on what you want so that you can move confidently in that direction again.
This card may also indicate a person with an overly strong desire to find a partner. Ironically, this is never the state one should be in while seeking a lover. You and whoever you end up with both deserve better than “they were available at the time”. Relationships that begin in such a manner rarely escape the calamitous end that such beginnings portend.
If you think that it might be time to pursue a new or different relationship, you may be right, but this card suggests not to rush things. Hasty decisions are what get you into the kinds of situations where this card reversed begins to show up in your readings in the first place!