Tarot

Upright vs. Reversed, Explained Plainly

Not a good card and a bad card. One card, two angles.

The easy myth is that an upright card is good news and a reversed one is bad news. That's not really what orientation is doing.

A reversed card is usually the same theme turned inward, delayed, or blocked — the same energy, read under more resistance. Strength reversed isn't "you have no strength." It's closer to strength you're not currently trusting.

Read reversed cards as the same question asked from a harder angle, not as a different, worse answer.