Major Arcana
Wheel of Fortune
The great turn of luck, pattern, season, and recurrence: not control, but participation in timing.
- cycle
- chance
- turning point
- fate
- timing
Upright meaning
The wheel is turning. A change in timing or fortune can be used if you move with it.
Reversed meaning
A cycle repeats because its lesson has not been met. Do not mistake delay for doom.
Symbolism
- wheel — Cycle, timing, fortune, recurrence.
- animal-guide — Instinctive witnesses to changing fate.
- star — Order visible inside chance.
- threshold — The moment a cycle becomes a doorway.
Lore
The Wheel belongs to Fortuna, the norns, the fates, and every image of a cosmos that turns regardless of preference.
In play, it can reshuffle offers, change weather, surface timed opportunities, revisit earlier choices, or mark a lucky break that still needs judgement.