The Chariot is about movement…..and that is the easy part.

As a card reader, I have often seen The Chariot interpreted as travel; an acceptable view of the archetype to be sure but I have always felt we missed a little something. 

The Chariot (Card VII) is certainly about movement – travel to foreign lands, commuting for a new job, moving to a different city.  – but it is important to remember it is decided and determined movement. To this point, see the third card above is Mastery rather than Chariot; you are the driver not the passenger. So much of the time, we think of life as “happening” to us rather than responding to us but The Chariot allows no such illusion.

Living The Chariot is largely about responsibility; understand you are responsible for the decisions you make, the actions you take, the roads you travel, your methods of conveyance and your chosen destinations. This is a card of action outside of yourself after all of the planning and decisions are made within yourself.

Terrifying, isn’t it?????

Be calm and carry on – you can do it. You can be the architect of your destiny; you have the power within yourself (Hello, Magician!) just get started (The Fool is waiting!). The archetypes occur in a specific order because they are building blocks and we benefit from them by calling upon them in turn – if you have welcomed The Fool and embraced The Magician, you have no need to fear The Chariot.

The train is leaving the station.

Destination: YOU

ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!!!!