Wheel of Fortune as a Tarot Birth Card

The Personality card is about how others see you. Wheel of Fortune makes a person mobile and flexible. Their life rarely runs in a straight line: it is full of turns, unexpected meetings and lucky coincidences, and they know how to use them.

Others often think these people are simply lucky. In fact they have a strong sense of timing: they notice when the wind changes and raise the sail in time. The Wheel's lesson is to accept that every rise is followed by a fall and to stay yourself both at the top and at the bottom.

• A sense of timing. You sense when to act and when to wait.
• Flexibility. Change doesn't frighten you; you adjust quickly.
• Luck. The right people and opportunities often turn up in your life at the right moment.
• The bigger picture. You see not only an event but the cycle it belongs to.

The weak spot of The Wheel is inconstancy. The person gets so used to change that they can't settle on one job, place or relationship. Life turns into a merry-go-round.

The second trap is fatalism: it's easy to decide that everything is up to fate and stop acting. The card reminds you that the wheel turns for everyone, and what helps you steer it is The Magician, your Soul card.

In love you are exciting and unpredictable. Your relationships often begin in unusual circumstances, as if fate itself arranged them. You adapt easily to a partner and are ready for shared adventures.

What matters is giving the relationship stability. Your partner needs to know you'll be there not only when the wheel is rising but also when it turns down.

Wheel of Fortune suits work full of change and opportunity: entrepreneurship, investing and trading, travel and tourism, journalism, sales, start-ups, freelancing. You feel at home where no two days are alike.

Your career can take off suddenly. To hold on to luck, build up reserves for the quieter periods.

Wheel of Fortune outside, The Magician inside. The world sees you as lucky. The Magician explains why: you don't just wait for fate to turn; you are ready for it, with the right skills at hand, and you know how to turn chance into results.

In the trio for a total of 19 the Wheel becomes the linking card. Outside, such a person has The Sun, brightness and joy; inside, The Magician, will and skill; and the Wheel joins them with a sense of timing. These are the turning points through which a person comes to themselves.