Wheel of Fortune

Regnabo, 'I shall reign': the left side of the wheel, climbing. What in your life is gaining strength, attention or importance? Read it against the falling card opposite — often one grows as the other shrinks.

↻Reversed, the rise may be stalled, or it may be something you want to grow but are not yet letting yourself pursue.

Regno, 'I reign': the top of the wheel. What is at its peak right now — a success, a relationship, a role, a feeling. The wheel's lesson is that the top is a moment, not a place; read it against the grip card to see whether you are trying to hold it there.

↻Reversed, the peak may feel hollow, or you may not yet be letting yourself enjoy it.

Regnavi, 'I have reigned': the right side, descending. What has passed its height and is now on its way down or out. Read it against the rising card: the space made here is often what the rising thing needs.

↻Reversed, it can point to something you are refusing to let fall, or a loss you have not yet grieved.

Sum sine regno, 'I am without a kingdom': the bottom of the wheel. What lies low, fallow or lost. On a turning wheel the bottom is also where the next climb begins, so read it with the rising card: what here is resting rather than finished?

↻Reversed, it may be a low point you keep returning to, or strength buried under discouragement.

The still centre of the wheel. Boethius wrote that things are freer from fate the nearer they come to the central pivot; this card shows what in you does not turn with fortune — a value, a practice, a way of being with yourself. Read it against the grip card: are you holding the rim or the centre?

↻Reversed, the centre may be neglected, or harder to feel right now than it really is.

Beneath the wheel, on the left: what is turning it that you do not control — timing, other people's choices, health, circumstance. Naming it honestly frees energy for what is yours. Read it against the step toward the centre: accept this, act on that.

↻Reversed, it may show a force you are overestimating, or one you keep trying to control.

Beneath the wheel, in the middle: what you are clutching on the rim, trying to stop the turn — a role, a person, a version of yourself, the way things used to be. Read it against the top and falling cards; the grip is usually on one of them.

↻Reversed, the grip may already be loosening, or it may be showing up as control somewhere else.

Beneath the wheel, on the right: one step toward the centre — a small, concrete move that brings you closer to what the hub card shows. In Boethius's image, steadiness comes from moving inward, not from stopping the wheel.

↻Reversed, the step may be to stop an effort rather than begin one, or it may be a step you already know and keep postponing.