Could we gaze back into our past and “read” what was and then use that knowledge to help guide us as we “read” what is? These are possible questions you might want to ponder as you examine the card, or create your own questions as you intuitively journey into the card with inquisitive eyes.
There are two more figures in this card. The snake and the devil like creature holding up the wheel on his back. To me the snake is power - Its shape is winding, it can move with a certain ease around obstacles, for snakes can curl and alternate their bodies or contort themselves to suite impediments in their path. The lesson snake may have in the card, is sometimes in life we have to “shape shift” and embrace our inner power. We might need to look at letting go of things that no longer serve our greater good. Such could be seen as “shedding our skins” as we are faced with new relationships, new jobs or hard challenges. Snake keys us into our place of power and our ability to acknowledge that it is ok to let go of things or “shed” them. A certain out with the old in with the new motif.
The devil creature balances the wheel on his back, we might want to think about that and consider if we have too many “burdens on our back” and if so, how could we release them or change them to better flow with life and our own inner compasses or heart center? Could we ask our inner compasses or heart - What path should I take? Do we understand the power of a “horned” creature within the connection of heaven and earth? What role does the wheel of Fortune play within our life, within our spirituality and within our earthly and heavenly nature? The wheel of Fortune is about directions, shifting, finding peace in chaos, learning how to deal
with life's challenges, letting go and embracing the new and trying to find resolution. Its power generates as the wheel turns and as life is in constant motion, so are we and the wheel within. Sometimes it is an annoyance to not know what the future holds - yet sometimes it is exciting. In co- creating our future we are almost revealing in the spine tingling excitement of a human existence! Lets remember as we adapt to change we learn and we grow, becoming more than we might thought we could have