07-The Chariot – Reversed Golden Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Chariot Reversed Golden Deck

When reversed, the Chariot warns that you may be allowing yourself to wander aimlessly rather than assuming control of the direction of your life. You may be feeling vulnerable and at the mercy of outside forces. Your many ambitions and your desire for various pleasures may be pulling you away from your preferred path. Pay attention to establishing clear boundaries and knowing your own limits. Don’t let go of the reins of your personal chariot. Now is a time to focus on what you value most and to organize your life course so that you can arrive at your most cherished destination. If the Chariot refers to a vehicle or a literal journey, your trip may be delayed or run into difficulties.

Keywords Reversed: Lack of direction, loss of control, frustrating obstacles, aimless wandering, spinning one’s wheels, letting go of the reins, poor boundaries, unawareness of one’s limits, absence of a protective shell, inability to stay on course, being pulled in many directions.

Key VII: The Chariot
Myths/Archetypes: Hecate. Auriga virtutem. Cancer, the sign of the crab. Plato’s chariot as an analogy for the three-part human soul (reason, will, appetite). The NASCAR driver.
Dates of Cancer: 21 June–22 July (tropical); 16 July–17 August (sidereal)
Astrology: Cancer, the Crab (a Water sign ruled by the Moon). In the Waite-Smith tarot, a flowing river separates the canopied chariot from the walled city behind.
Numerology: 7 (Chariot) = 1 + 6 (The Tower)

Mathers: Triumph, victory, overcoming obstacles; (R) Overthrown, conquered by obstacles at the last moment.

When The Chariot is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Chariot is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Chariot is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for The Chariot using cards from the Golden Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: In my late teens, I started reading Freud and Jung and became fascinated with dream symbols and psychological archetypes. My study of the celestial science resonated with what these two great psychologists had to say. In my own experience, Jung’s writings made sense regarding the contents of the collective unconscious. The same images that populated mythology, religion, and world literature cropped up in astrology and tarot. The symbolism shared by psychology, psychoanalysis, and astrology held my attention throughout my studies.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: Card 4, the recent past position, was the Chariot, a major arcana card that might indicate that a significant journey or important ambition has been on his mind in the recent past.

Angel Encyclopedia: The dramatic nature of such visions may have been necessary to gain the attention of people; the angelophanies—and theophanies, or experiences of God—certified the prophets as official agents of the Lord. Such visions also were central to MERKABAH mysticism in which one rode to the heavens via prayer and meditation to attain access to the ‘thronechariot’ of God.

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Angel Encyclopedia: The dramatic nature of such visions may have been necessary to gain the attention of people; the angelophanies—and theophanies, or experiences of God—certified the prophets as official agents of the Lord. Such visions also were central to MERKABAH mysticism in which one rode to the heavens via prayer and meditation to attain access to the ‘thronechariot’ of God.