The Chariot upright
The Charioteer is yoked to two sphinxes - one black, one white - and he hasn't fastened any reins. Will alone keeps them moving in the same direction.
Victory through effort. The card asks where you're pushing two opposing forces toward a single goal, and rewards you for not letting either run off.
Hold the line. The destination matters more than the speed.
The Chariot reversed
Reversed, the Chariot flags loss of direction or sheer exhaustion. The horses are dragging the carriage, not the driver.
Stop. Re-orient. Then go.
Keywords
- willpower
- control
- victory
- drive
- direction
Where this reading comes from
Meaning paraphrased from A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), which is in the public domain - reworded rather than reproduced.
Common questions
- What does The Chariot mean?
- Disciplined drive, holding two horses on one rein. The Charioteer is yoked to two sphinxes - one black, one white - and he hasn't fastened any reins. Will alone keeps them moving in the same direction.
- What does The Chariot mean reversed?
- Reversed, the Chariot flags loss of direction or sheer exhaustion. The horses are dragging the carriage, not the driver.
- Is The Chariot a good card to draw?
- The Chariot is one of the twenty-two Major Arcana, which mark structural turns rather than day-to-day detail. Tarot convention treats no card as simply good or bad - the reading depends on the question and the position it falls in.
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