One hand raised to the sky, one pointing to the earth: he is a conduit, not a source.The MagicianThe charioteer holds no reins.The Chariot

Card combination

The Magician and The Chariot

Two cards of will and they do not agree on what will is. The Magician directs by understanding; The Chariot directs by holding on. The tradition reads the pair as a question of whether this situation yields to cleverness or to sheer persistence.

Together

Two cards of will and they do not agree on what will is. The Magician directs by understanding; The Chariot directs by holding on. The tradition reads the pair as a question of whether this situation yields to cleverness or to sheer persistence.

In love

Associated with somebody talking their way through a difficulty beside somebody enduring it, and with each finding the other exhausting.

In career

Read for a problem that is either a puzzle or a grind. Applying the wrong approach is the failure the pair points at.

The advice

Decide whether this needs to be outthought or outlasted. Most people default to whichever they are better at.

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