December 1566
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for December 1566 is Strength. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the testing third of the wheel.
The Strength card in Tarot represents courage, patience, inner strength, and compassion. A woman in white rests her hands on a lion's jaw, calm and unhurried. An infinity symbol floats above her head, and there's a mountain in the distance. She's gentle with the lion and not afraid of it at all. This card is about feeling big emotions like fear, anger, and desire and staying steady through them.
How December 1566 becomes Strength
The collective year card for 1566 is The Moon (18). Add the month number (December is month 12): 18 + 12 = 30, which wraps around the twenty-two to 8. Card 8 is Strength.