The current of love changes. Someone who went silent gets in touch, or you meet someone in an unexpected place. In a long relationship, it moves to the next stage, such as deciding to live together or marry. Chance meetings go better than carefully arranged ones.
Times that come around
Wheel of Fortune: Card Meaning
Wheel of Fortune: Card Meaning
Reading It Upright and Reversed
Wheel of Fortune · Major Arcana No. X
The Wheel of Fortune is the card of a giant wheel floating above the clouds and turning without stopping. Upright, it means a turning point where a blocked situation loosens and the season and chance you have waited for come back around to you.
The tenth picture shows one great wheel floating in the middle of the clouds. Letters are inscribed around its rim, a sphinx holding a sword sits on top, a serpent slides down one side, and on the other side a figure with a dog’s head climbs up from below. In the four corners sit a person holding a book, an eagle, a bull and a lion.
The heart of this picture is that the rising side and the falling side hang on the same wheel. Even at the bottom you rise when the wheel turns, and even at the top you come down by the same principle. That is why Jupiter is paired with this card, speaking of expansion and timing together.
If the Wheel of Fortune appears, does everything just follow a set path no matter how hard I try?
It does not mean the ending is decided in advance. The card points to a period when the board moves somewhere your power does not reach, and you choose which side to stand on when it does. Just as the figures on the wheel each sit in a different place, the same change reaches the prepared person as an opportunity and the person who kept putting things off as an accident. Getting organized so you can answer right away when news comes is the task for now.
Wheel of Fortune: Love
Upright
Reversed
You keep breaking up and getting back together, or you are always drawn to the same type of person. If the partner changes but the reason for fighting is always the same, the cause is not only on their side. This time, note where things always go wrong, and when that scene comes again, give a different answer.
Wheel of Fortune: Money
Upright
A time when the way money comes in may change. Unexpected channels open, such as a new client, a side job or money you had completely forgotten about. But since what comes in can also go out, it is wise not to touch the extra and set it aside separately.
Reversed
Money owed to you keeps arriving late. Settlements are delayed and payment dates change, throwing your plans off. Covering the shortfall by borrowing brings the same problem back bigger next month. This month, hold on by cutting spending, and get a new written date for any delayed money.
Wheel of Fortune: Work
Upright
As your company or industry fluctuates, the board is rearranged. Amid restructuring, changes in who is in charge and sudden staff moves, a position that benefits you appears. You may hear back from a place you applied to and forgot, so keep your contact details and documents ready.
Reversed
Schedules keep sliding back one after another. Approvals stall, dates change because of the other side, and meanwhile you keep repeating the same meetings. Pressing will not bring it forward, so finishing preparations for the next stage while you wait is the profitable move.
| Card | Wheel of Fortune — Major Arcana No. X |
|---|---|
| Astrology · Element | Jupiter |
| Major Arcana | It is number X of the 22 cards, from 0 The Fool to 21 The World. Major cards point to the big currents you are going through these days rather than small day-to-day matters. |
| Upright Keywords | Turning point · the time comes round · opportunity |
| Reversed Keywords | Delay · going against the flow · repetition |
Wheel of Fortune Upright
Turning point · the time comes round · opportunity
When the upright Wheel appears, blockages clear. Something that would not budge no matter how hard you pushed starts rolling one day, triggered by an outside event such as someone’s call or an unexpected reshuffle. It is less that you did something special and more that your turn has come, so the key is not to let that timing slip by.
The chances this card brings arrive without warning. An offer you would normally wave away, or a connection renewed by chance, often becomes the doorway. In this period, rather than holding a decision for a long time, it is better to reply within three days. The wheel waits for no one and keeps turning.
Wheel of Fortune Reversed
Delay · going against the flow · repetition
Reversed, the same scene comes around again and again. A habit you quit creeps back, a relationship you thought was over starts up again, and you repeat last year’s worries word for word. The wheel has not stopped; it keeps circling the same spot.
Swimming against the current also belongs here. You cannot let go of methods that are out of date, or keep pushing an old plan even though you know the game has changed. The delay may be frustrating, but in this period it is closer to a signal pointing to the parts that are not ready. The moment you find one repeating point and make a different choice right there, the wheel starts rolling again.
Something to Try the Day This Card Appears
Take out notes you wrote around this time last year, or conversations you had then. You only need to find one thing that has stayed stuck from then until now. The wheel changes direction only when that repeating point is touched. Today, give that one thing a very small change.
Cards from Other Groups
Major Arcana: 22 Cards
The Magician
The High Priestess
The Empress
The Emperor
The Hierophant
The Lovers
The Chariot
Strength
The Hermit
Wheel of Fortune
Justice
The Hanged Man
Death
Temperance
The Devil
The Tower
The Star
The Moon
The Sun
Judgement
The World
The Fool
A card read on its own means something slightly different from one placed beside other cards. If something is on your mind these days, pick four cards to read on, and if you are curious about your inborn nature, open a Saju reading as well.