May 1996
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for May 1996 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 May 1996 becomes Strength
The collective year card for 1996 is The Empress (3). Add the month number (May is month 5): 3 + 5 = 8. Card 8 is Strength.