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X · ArcanumWheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune in tarot is a card of change, cycle and turning point.
Key meanings
- change
- cycle
- turning point
- fate
- movement
Wheel of Fortune upright
A turn of fate, a change for the better, a new turn of the cycle.
The shadow side
Clinging to what's already spent when the wheel is calling you to let go.
Wheel of Fortune reversed
Resisting change, a sense of standstill, a run of luck that seems to be against you.
Wheel of Fortune as the card of the day
The wheel has turned, and what felt stuck is moving again. Don't grip the spokes, trust the turn instead, because this one is carrying you upward. Today the change is on your side.
The question this card asks
What in your life is asking for a turn right now, and what are you holding onto with the last of your strength?
Wheel of Fortune: yes or no?
leaning yes
The Wheel has turned upward. Yes, though luck moves, so catch the moment.
Between a flat yes and a flat no the deck keeps three steps, and arcanum X takes leaning yes.
In a yes-or-no draw one card gives weight, and the weight here comes from change. Pull your own card →
Every card is a mirror, not a verdict. Walk the other arcana and listen to what they say together.
✦ See all 22 Major ArcanaFAQ
Is Wheel of Fortune (X) a good card or a bad card?
There is no bad card in the deck. It carries change and cycle, and whether that reads warm or difficult is decided by your question and by the position. No card here is a sentence.
Is Wheel of Fortune a major or a minor arcanum?
Major, arcanum X of twenty-two. The major arcana carry the large turns of a life and the minors the fabric of ordinary days, and X stands among the turns.
Where does Wheel of Fortune come on the Fool's Journey?
The order of the twenty-two puts The Hermit in front of it and Justice behind. Arcanum X is the step between them, and that is where its direction comes from.
What changes when Wheel of Fortune (X) falls reversed?
Set the right way up, the card speaks of change and cycle without a mute on it. Reversed the volume changes and the theme stays, so arcanum X sounds like the same story running against itself.