Strength

upright — what she sees

the beast doesn't yield to force. it yields to her hand. drawn upright, strength speaks of courage, patience, soft power. she reads it as a turning toward the thing, not away from it — the lion made plain.

reversed — what she withholds

you're shouting at the lion. it's not listening. reversed, the card turns inward — self-doubt, weakness, raw rage. not a curse. a closed door you keep your own hand on.

in a spread

in the daily veil, strength is the day's temperature — upright it asks you to lean in, reversed it asks what you're bracing against. in a three-card line it colours past, present, or the thing approaching. draw it yourself and she'll read it for you, in your own words.

near it in the deck