About the Card
English Name(s)
Fortitude, Strength
Correspondences
- Grand Etteilla: Card Number 11
- Tarot de Marseille: Trump XI
Image Description
Fortitude sits with her right arm wrapped around a red-striped column. With her left hand she grips a red baton that rests against her shoulder, with red flourishes rising from the top. She wears a red winged crown and a black mask with a green border. Her dress is patterned with black and white diamonds and she wears red armor on her chest. She has a cloth with red, blue, green, and yellow diamonds draped over her lap. Her dress covers her feet. She gazes to her left, away from the column.
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Meanings
Upright
Fortitude, strength, advantage by strength, ability, power, moral strength, greatness of soul, magnanimity, moral or spiritual work, perseverance, constancy, patience, resignation, heroism, courage.
Reversed
Sovereign, kingdom, empire, republic, state, people, nation, government, administration, reign, despotism, sovereignty, authority, leadership, supreme power, absolute power, arbitrary power, king, emperor, general, commander, captain, chief superior, governor, authoritarian, driving force, regulator.