Tarot Reading

Wheel of Fortune (also called The Wheel) is card X of the 22 Major Arcana, the trump cards of the tarot that stand for the big turning points and archetypes of a life. Its keywords are luck, randomness, cycles, karma, fate and revolution.

Wheel of Fortune upright meaning

In the light, Wheel of Fortune points to:

• Allowing events to unfold
• Seeing the larger pattern in everyday events
• Trusting your luck
• Watching for cycles
• Believing that "what goes around, comes around"

Wheel of Fortune reversed or shadow meaning

In its shadow, drawn reversed or in a difficult position, Wheel of Fortune can point to:

• Losing money gambling
• Refusing to do your part to bring a plan to fruition
• Taking a fatalistic approach to life
• Fighting the natural course of events

Wheel of Fortune in fortune telling

• Some events are in the hands of heaven
• You've lived through this before
• What happened then?

About the card

Card

X Wheel of Fortune

Also called

The Wheel

Arcana

Major Arcana, card 10 of 22 (0 to XXI)

Keywords

luck, randomness, cycles, karma, fate and revolution

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The other Major Arcana

1. The Fool
2. The Magician
3. The High Priestess
4. The Empress
5. The Emperor
6. The Hierophant
7. The Lovers
8. The Chariot
9. Strength
10. The Hermit
11. Wheel of Fortune
12. Justice
13. The Hanged Man
14. Death
15. Temperance
16. The Devil
17. The Tower
18. The Star
19. The Moon
20. The Sun
21. Judgement
22. The World