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Wheel of Fortune - 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot plate illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith
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Archival Source:1909 Rider-Waite-Smith
Artist:Pamela Colman Smith ('Pixie')
Rights Status:Public Domain
500-Year Historical Lineage
Major Arcana · X
TRADITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE

Wheel of Fortune

The Lord of the Forces of Life · Samsara & The Cycles of Probability

🜂fire· Samsara & The Cycles of Probability
Element
fire
Astrology
Jupiter
Hebrew Path
Kaph (כ)
Chromatic Tone
Violet Radiance & Brass Metallic

Upright Hermeneutic (Dynamic Principle)

Recognition of macro-cycles beyond individual control. Cultivating equanimity at the still hub of the wheel while external circumstances rise and fall.

Inverted Hermeneutic (Friction & Shadow)

Resistance to inevitable shifts, misfortune compounded by panic, or clinging to obsolete peaks.

Iconographical Motifs

Sphinx with SwordHermanubisTyphon SnakeFour Living CreaturesHebrew YHVH / ROTA Letters
Celestial Timing & Ephemeris Resonance

Orbital cycles, epicycles, and periodic harmonic returns in astronomical bodies.