Jupiter, Jupiter Returns and the Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune Card

(Based on the representations found on the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.)

I typically breathe a sigh of relief when I pull the Wheel of Fortune. Whether upright or reversed, its meaning is ultimately a positive one. I appreciate that, in theory, there are no “good” or “bad” cards in Tarot, but as a student of astrology, I must admit that trying to find the good in an out-of-sect malefic transiting my twelfth house just doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. Similarly, some of the more cringe-worthy cards — the Lord of Cruelty…