The Wheel of Fortune corresponds to the planet Jupiter, if we are looking at it through an astrological lens. Jupiter is lucky, beneficient, expanding, high-minded, and synthesizing. In Hindu dharma, Jupiter (Bṛhaspati) is the Guru of the gods. Traditionally forecasting good fortune in a divinatory context, barring card positions or other card content that help to tell a different story, the TdF's Wheel of Fortune is uncharacteristically chaotic. I like that its symbols don't necessarily encourage a one-dimensional take on a reading that involve it, and encourage consideration of the archetype from all angles. The eyes, which are ubiquitous throughout the deck, show us that, even as Consciousness descends further and further into the sphere of Matter and diversity, Unity-in-diversity persists as an underlying fact. The creature at the top of the wheel is a harpy, which is a personification of the storm winds. The Norse god Thor, is a storm god and corresponds to Jupiter. ...
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