The Chariot
The Chariot symbolizes unstoppable movement, inner illumination, and focused drive toward goals, propelled by an internal guiding light. It represents both literal and metaphorical vehicles that carry a person toward success and attainment. In readings it signals action, travel, triumph, opportunity, readiness, and purposeful momentum, while reversed it warns of delays, stagnation, unfulfilled desires, or practical setbacks. Magickally it is used for travel safety, encouraging movement or planning action, and when reversed can be used to slow or halt undesirable actions.
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7. The Chariot
Description
Description: Symbol of unstoppable movement and illumination, the Chariot is the archetypal emblem of energy on the go. It is swiftness and readiness, the warrior on a mission. Like the sun that blazes in the sky each day, so too does the Chariot carry on as if fueled by a never-fading light of internal inspiration. The Chariot signals a time of moving and doing, an opportunity and a need to go for goals with gusto. While the Lovers represents a heart bound with human affection, the Chariot is the heart that quests for personal glory or for further spiritual wisdom and attainment. In the most literal sense, the Chariot is a vehicle—the means by which a person can get to where they are going. This vehicle might be an actual car, or it might be understood metaphorically as a symbol of the medium through which one has chosen to attain success.
Divinatory Meanings
Divinatory Meanings: Choosing to not be tied down; travel; action; triumph; preparing for a major change; swiftness; movement; opportunity; a visitor; a person who is exalted or respected; readiness; anticipation; valor and bravery; being driven by one's guiding light or sense of purpose; full speed ahead; a vehicle; moving from one place of residence to another; success; active pursuit.
Reversed Meanings
Reversed: Delay; a bad time for travel or new ventures; a need for preparation; an unfulfilled desire for change and action; stagnation; a failure; an embarrassment for one who is generally respected; car trouble.
Magickal Uses
Magickal Uses: Useful in charms for safe traveling, spells to encourage movement, and in rituals to help the magician plan and prepare for an important action or decision. It can be used to represent a vehicle or a move to a new residence. Reversed, it can be used to slow or halt undesirable actions.
Visual Description
A single harnessed horse gallops through a star-filled sky above a curved planetary horizon, pulling an ornate two-wheeled chariot. The chariot's bowl is decorated with lotus petals and holds a glowing golden orb at its center. Trails of light and bright stars streak beneath and around the vehicle, suggesting swift upward motion. The horse's mane streams back, and the overall scene feels celestial and propelled.
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