008. Strength in the Walking Dead

In this episode we are discussing the Strength card within The Walking Dead TV Series. We cover some of the keywords and card imagery from the Rider Waite Smith Tarot and explore Strength via symbolism and some of the character story arcs.

Zombie Hand Image by Ega Maulana from Pixabay

Card referenced through the show: The Strength

Above: The Strength card from CBD Tarot de Marseille by Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov, www.cbdtarot.com (left) and Rider Waite Smith Tarot, public domain, via Wikipedia (right)

Keywords:

Upright:

Courage, compassion, instinct and control, endurance, focus, inner strength, bravery, leading with love, patience, conscious understanding, taming of unconscious material, vitality and lust, confrontation with feelings and desires, self compassion, ego strength.

Fortitude, perseverance, Lust, passion, integration of animalistic energies. Overcoming old fears and conditionings. Vital strength. Moral Force. Gentle Force. Self confidence. Willpower. Self discipline. Instinct.

Reversed:

Self-doubt, audacity, weakness, fearfulness, timidity, cowardice. 

People: Veterinarian, Manager, Trainer, Coach, Survivor, Wrangler, Animal trainer, Heroes, Athletes, eight lifters, gymnasts, arbitrators, zen master

Astrological Correspondence: Zodiac sign of Leo. Ruled by the Sun.

Element: Fire

Topics Discussed:

• Ezekiel and Shiva, symbolically

  • Gavin’s compassion

  • Ego hit during the all out war

  • Drink from the well replenish the well.

  • Ezekiel and Carol

  • Daryl and Shiva

• The grandiose connotation of the word ‘hero’.

• Jesus, not recognizing his own strength as a leader

• Michonne and self discipline

• Gabriel’s early character arc as the Strength reversed attributes

• Nicholas, the coward

• Gregory, the coward

• Dwight, small courageous acts

• Alpha, integration of animalist energies

• Denise and the Wolf

Discussion Question:

We want you to contemplate how your biggest strength can also be you greatest weakness? Or How you greatest weakness can be turned into a strengnth.

Tell us what other insights you might have or any points that we may have missed. Share your thoughts and ideas with us.

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