Strength
Strength emphasizes mutual support and the courage to both accept and give help, portraying trust as a spiritual bond that uplifts individuals into the spotlight. It highlights that maintaining balanced reciprocity requires time, trust, and inner fortitude. As a challenge, it warns that power struggles and self-doubt erode foundations, leaving people uneasy and disconnected. Restoring trust and cultivating a strong sense of self are necessary to feel supported and to effectively lift others.
Keywords
Ally
There is comfort in knowing you are supported, and that no matter what, someone has your back, and that regardless of what is happening in the world around you, someone will lift you up and raise you into the spotlight. It takes courage to allow someone to elevate you, and it takes strength to be the one who holds you up. This interaction takes tremendous trust from both parties. The other person needs to trust that you won't get up and walk away, and you need to know that they won't take this support for granted. There is something deeply spiritual about this act of give and take. It is a bond so deep that trust flows through you into all of those around you. This sort of balance is not always easy to maintain and takes time to master, but given the right set of conditions, something beautiful can be exchanged.
Challenger
Power struggles will not give you a strong, solid foundation. Instead, they will leave you feeling uneasy and unsure of both your path and your position on it. Even the slightest bit of doubt could be disastrous and cause pain to both you and all those involved. This lack of trust needs to be restored, otherwise neither of you will feel supported or honored. In order for you to either be lifted or lift someone up, you need to feel strongly in who you are, otherwise you will constantly be suspicious of any and all who wish to help you or come to you for assistance.
Visual Description
A beam of golden light descends through a starry indigo sky onto two performers: one muscular figure lies on their back at the card's base, legs extended upward, while a lithe acrobat balances on one foot atop the other's raised foot, arms outstretched. The acrobat wears a pointed, jester-like hat and a pinkish costume; both figures are bathed in warm, luminous haloing color. Symmetrical, spherical topiary trees line each side of the scene, and pink stars and tiny gold sparkles dot the background. At the bottom a red banner reads the Roman numeral VIII and the word STRENGTH in gold lettering.
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