The Wheel of Fortune
Interpretation: Movement, Destiny, Big Change, New Adventures, Karma, Fortune, Creativity, Turning Point, Personal Vision, New Life, Patterns, Fate, Self-Realization, Luck, Destiny, Turning Point. Rotation. Change is Stability. Major Breakthroughs. Ups and downs of fate. Can’t predict cycles. Go with the natural flow. Let things go the way they will. Look for new opportunities. Examine new ideas. Prepare to adapt to new circumstances. Wisdom form experience. Endless cycle of life. What comes around goes around. Whole cycle of cosmic expression.
Reversed Interpretation: Bad Luck, Minor Setbacks, Difficult Change, Neglecting Talents, Failed Enterprise. Runaway train. Out of sync with timing & cycle. Conflicts of interest. Feeling irritable and depressed. Evaluate abilities. Analyze what benefits can come from this experience. Consider other options. Past waste of talents and energy effects future. Excessive love of possessions and comfort. It is possible that the person resists change that he/she is trying to stop events from running their course. Luck has deserted you for now. Setbacks will occur. You will reap what you sow.
The Wheel of Fortune represents such unexpected turns of fate and fortune. Sometimes the wheel will turn in your favor and bring unexpected good luck and fortune, sometimes it will turn against you and you will experience bad luck and misfortune. However, the wheel suggests that these turns of fortune are beyond your control, they are part of the eternal movement and cycle of life.
When the Wheel of Fortune appears in your readings you can expect an unexpected change in your fortune . so if you have been experiencing a run of bad luck or misfortune and the Wheel of Fortune lays in your near future, then the cards are suggesting that it won't be long before fate will come into play and your luck will start to change. Conversely, in the situation where the Wheel of Fortune is ahead and things have been going great for you up to now, read it as a warning that something unexpected may throw a spanner in the works and bring a challenging time.
The appearance of this card in answer to a question about what you should do about something or someone, can suggest that, whatever you do, fate will determine the outcome. However, if surrounding cards are negative, it could be a warning that making the wrong choice could backfire on you.