07-The Chariot – Reversed Rider Waite Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Chariot Reversed Rider Waite 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)

7. The Chariot: Reason Tames Appetite And Will

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 Rider Waite 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: Fact 1: The tarot was invented as a card game during the Renaissance by Italian artists who incorporated images and ideas from ancient Greek and Roman mythology, which probably included themes derived from the cult of Thoth Hermes Trismegistus. The gypsies, who originated in India, were not ancient Egyptian priests and did not arrive in Europe until well after the Italians produced the first tarot decks.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: In the dialogue Phaedrus, Plato, the most famous student of Socrates, called his teacher the wisest, most just, and best of all men he had ever known. According to Robert Place, the Renaissance artists who designed the Chariot card were inspired by Plato’s metaphor of the human soul as a rational charioteer trying to control the unruly horses of appetite and will. In this metaphor, Plato represented Socrates’s idea that being truly human implies ‘the capacity to transcend instinct and desire and to make conscious, ethical choices.’ 14

Angel Encyclopedia: In Occult Philosophy, Agrippa maintains that magic has nothing to do with the devil or sorcery, but it depends upon natural psychic gifts such as second sight. He believes in the ultimate power of will and imagination to effect magic, and understands the power the mind has over the body: a jilted lover can truly die of grief. Man achieves his highest potential by learning the harmonies of nature. The astral body is the ‘chariot of the soul’ and can leave the physical body like a light escaping from a lantern. The greatest and highest wonder-working name is Jesus.

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Angel Encyclopedia: In Occult Philosophy, Agrippa maintains that magic has nothing to do with the devil or sorcery, but it depends upon natural psychic gifts such as second sight. He believes in the ultimate power of will and imagination to effect magic, and understands the power the mind has over the body: a jilted lover can truly die of grief. Man achieves his highest potential by learning the harmonies of nature. The astral body is the ‘chariot of the soul’ and can leave the physical body like a light escaping from a lantern. The greatest and highest wonder-working name is Jesus.