Wheel of Fortune
The tide is turning, and the wheel brings a change in your circumstances. An unexpected opportunity is coming around, so stay alert and don't let it pass you by.
Things may not go your way for a little while. Hold on, and the wheel will turn again.
The card's advice: Go with the turning tide, but stay prepared.
Wheel of Fortune: reading the picture
A gold wheel floats among the clouds. Its eight spokes meet in a sun-shaped hub, and when a wheel turns, the rim swings wide while the center barely moves. Keep that in mind. A snake winds down the left side of the rim, and a sphinx sits calmly on top. Most of us are somewhere between the two. Now check the corners: a winged woman in red hanbok, an eagle, a bull and a lion, each perched on a cloud reading an open book. The wheel spins, and none of them looks up. Ourunse left off the letters and the jackal-headed figure older versions draw, so your eye goes straight to the motion.
Wheel of Fortune in love, work and money
- Love and relationships
A connection might form in an unlikely place, or a stalled relationship may start moving again. When a chance that draws your heart appears, welcome it instead of hesitating.
- Work and study
A sudden change or new opening could shift the direction of your work. Keep your skills sharp and your paperwork organized so you can catch the good wave.
- Money
Money may flow in and out unevenly, so the habit of setting some aside during good stretches matters. Instead of relying on a lucky streak, build an emergency fund that can weather the ups and downs.
A department merger announced on Monday
The email arrived at 9:02 on a Monday: her department would merge with another, under a new director, starting next month. A 35-year-old marketing manager felt three years of relationships and routines tilt at once. She drew the Wheel of Fortune on the drive home and heard only 'bad luck.' But the wheel never stops at one spot; when one side drops, the other climbs. She asked the new director what the merged team still lacked. And she picked one hub to hold steady: Thursday dinner with her sister, no matter what the calendar did.
Questions to ask yourself after drawing Wheel of Fortune
- Where on the wheel do you feel you are right now, sliding down with the snake or sitting up top with the sphinx?
- What is your hub, the standard you'd keep even if everything around it turned?
- Like the four figures who keep reading while the wheel spins, what small habit could carry you through the shake-up?
Wheel of Fortune as a yes or no
Yes Fortune is swinging back in your favor, so it leans yes, but remember the wheel never stops turning.
Easy to confuse with The World
Both cards put an angel, eagle, bull and lion in the four corners, so they're often confused. On the Wheel of Fortune, all four are reading books: the wheel is still turning, and they keep learning while it does. On The World, the books are gone and the four surround a dancer inside a wreath, because the cycle is complete. Look for the books.
A common misreading of Wheel of Fortune
It's tempting to read it as 'good luck is on the way.' But the wheel carries a rising side and a falling side at once. The point is that the situation is changing, so if things are hard, it reads as a turn toward better, and if things are good, as a cue to prepare.
Symbols in Wheel of Fortune
The golden wheel is the endless turning of life, and the sphinx on top is the balance and wisdom kept within that motion. The descending snake marks a downward phase, while the angel, eagle, bull and lion holding books are the steady ground beneath all change.
How we drew Wheel of Fortune
- Kept from the 1909 card
the golden wheel, the sphinx on top, the descending snake, the angel, eagle, bull and lion holding books in the four corners
- What we changed
The letters and symbols on the wheel are left out, and the jackal-headed figure (Anubis) rising on the right side of the wheel is not drawn.