Wheel of Fortune Tarot Card Meaning

The Wheel of Fortune is the card of change you don't control: cycles, timing, luck and turning points. What was down comes up and what was up comes down. It's a reminder that situations move, and that a window is opening or about to.

Upright, it is generally favourable: a lucky break, a shift in your favour, an opportunity arriving on its own schedule. Be ready to step on when it comes round.

Reversed, the wheel feels stuck or turning against you: setbacks, delays, the same pattern coming back.

You can't make the wheel turn faster, but you can prepare, and you can notice what you keep repeating. Hold on to what is yours to do, and stop asking chance for guarantees.

In love, it points to a turning point: meeting someone by chance, a relationship moving into a new phase, or timing that feels like fate. Reversed, an old pattern may be repeating; notice it before it decides for you.

At work and with money, it suggests change, opportunity and improving luck. Reversed, prepare for a slow patch and don't gamble on timing.

A great wheel marked with letters and alchemical symbols turns in the sky. A sphinx sits on top, a snake slides down one side and a red figure rises up the other. In the four corners, winged figures read books.