Wheel of Fortune tarot card meaning

Upright meaning

The wheel moves whether or not you push it. A cycle closes and another opens — timing, chance and consequence arriving together.

Reversed meaning

Resisting an inevitable change, or a run of luck breaking. What goes up is on its way round.

Where it sits in the deck

Wheel of Fortune is card X of the Major Arcana, the twenty-two trumps that mark the turning points of a life. Read alongside its neighbours it forms part of the Fool's Journey, the story the deck tells when laid out in order.

Nearby cards

• The Hermit
• Justice

More Major Arcana

• 🌱 The Fool
• ✨ The Magician
• 🌙 The High Priestess
• 🌺 The Empress
• 🏛️ The Emperor
• 📜 The Hierophant
• 💞 The Lovers
• 🐎 The Chariot