Upright
Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours.
Reversed
Despotism, abuse if power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.
Reflection
Light
Imposing restrictions on yourself for your own benefit
Bringing your passions under the control of reason
Resisting impulses that work against your best interests
Taking bold action
Shadow
Indulging weakness, even when you know it will damage your health and happiness
Languishing in addiction
Allowing your instincts to tame and conquer you
Failing to take a stand when necessary
Symbolism
A woman, over whose head there broods the same symbol of life which we have seen in the card of the Magician, is closing the jaws of a lion. The only point in which this design differs from the conventional presentations is that her beneficent fortitude has already subdued the lion, which is being led by a chain of flowers. For reasons which satisfy myself, this card has been interchanged with that of justice, which is usually numbered eight. As the variation carries nothing with it which will signify to the reader, there is no cause for explanation. Fortitude, in one of its most exalted aspects, is connected with the Divine Mystery of Union; the virtue, of course, operates in all planes, and hence draws on all in its symbolism. It connects also with innocentia inviolata, and with the strength which resides in contemplation.
The Fool
The Magician
The High Priestess
The Empress
The Emperor
The Hierophant