The Wheel of Fortune Tarot is an invitation to let go, to relax and allow the chips to fall where they may. We’re not required to do much other than focus on ourselves and how we are approaching the situation. We are invited to put our faith in the universe and trust that it has our best interests at heart.

For The Wheel of Fortune, this invitation could be the following:

• An invitation to leave things to fate

• An invitation to look at parts of our life where you are trying too hard to remain in control

• An invitation to re-centre yourself in order to get a clearer view of the situation

• An invitation to surrender to the will of the universe and see where you land

There is something very wise about the Wheel of Fortune, I always get the feeling that it knows what you need the most and when you’re acting from a place of ego rather than compassion. Because of this, The Wheel of Fortune often gives us the very best advice!

Some advice The Wheel of Fortune may offer is:

• Assess where you are holding on too tightly and take steps to relinquish control

• No matter what you do, life will continue to march forwards, whether you march with it is up to you

• The universe has your back so trust in its intentions

The Wheel of Fortune is filled with lessons about life and the world we navigate every day. We see this learning represented in the four figures in each corner of the Rider Waite-Smith tarot card. These four golden figures each have their own book and are studying up, something we see played out in the very final Major Arcana card, The World, with the figures finally having learned everything they needed to within this particular cycle.

Some lessons that The Wheel of Fortune may offer you are:

• To learn how much influence you have in your life and where that influence can be found

• To accept that life is not in our control and we have to just go with the flow

• To understand that we can go through multiple cycles throughout our lives and the change that comes with them is an opportunity for growth

• The lesson of transformation and personal growth, especially the knowledge that we are not the same person we were when we were born and we won’t be the same person when we die

The Wheel of Fortune isn’t so much a redirection as a gentle nudge in the right one. The wheel turns constantly in one direction, we can’t go back and often we can’t rush forward. If we are talking about this card as a redirection it is more to do with our mindset than what is happening to us in our physical realm.

As a redirection, The Wheel of Fortune could symbolise a need to:

• Find a way to relax, let go of control and allow things to play out organically

• Make the best of a bad situation, instead of letting it derail you, what could you learn from it in order to push you forwards?

• Embrace the knowledge that if you put out good vibes, you’ll reap the best rewards

• Think about how controlling you’re being and where you may be resisting the inevitable