Tarot & CT

Animal - I personally also feel a strong connection to the Strength card and now that I learned I am SeFi, I would understand the one in the RWS tarot deck (the first image) like that :

The woman = Fi - she is the embodiment of purity (because she is dressed in white), connection to nature (because of the crown of flowers on her head and the flowers on her dress and because her ability to control the lion) and femininity. Also, she is looking down to the lion and is quite attentive and probably exercising empathy and patience.

The lion = Se - being very strong and attuned to the somatic and being my first function, so the king of the animals. Also, lions are focused, because they are hunters and their color is pretty close to red.

Generally the card could refer to good health/healing, dealing patiently with difficult situations, exercising soft control and softly influencing others (this is why we have the Hercules - lion fight image for Fe on the site !), controlling anger, frustration or lust.
You can see more general interpretations here : www.learntarot.com/maj08.htm
This site is pretty good and it takes the most used tarot deck (RWS) and explains every card. It gives 4 main interpretations and some sub - points for each card and also shows what cards oppose each card's energy and which ones reinforce it, which is good to know in a reading. So you could totally start here, because there are a lot of tarot decks and interpretations and I think the best is to start with a classical version and then build on that.
For example, my first deck was a Zen tarot deck and to this day I am a little biased regarding swords cards because that deck was inspired by Osho's teachings that reject thoughts/reason and idealize sensations and emotions (living fully, being in the now etc) and some swords cards have really gloomy depictions and meanings, which are not true at all in most tarot decks. This is why I am saying it would be better to start with Rider Waite Smith (RWS). You can also start with older decks but they usually don't have pictures on the minor arcana cards except for court cards and this makes interpretation harder.

Now for me looking from a CT perspective at Strength and at myself - the woman would be Fi and the Lion would be Se and I would interpret it to mean that I need to slow down my thirst for novelties (prey) for a bit and look inside in a Fi fashion and see who I am or if these novelties are aligned with my core values.

For a Fe user it could totally refer to Fe and influencing others.

The Strength card from the Tarot of Dreams is quite different. I see that lady to be Ni and not Fi. So there is a different story there and it seems to say - all experience you have, all sensory pleasure you seek is only a tool to gain higher understanding of the Universe. It's fascinating that they also seem to be one, the tiger somehow could be seen as a facet of the woman or an energy closely connected to her - like both functions are on an axis. This does not happen with RWS Strength card, where the girl is the girl and the lion is the lion and basically the lion is stronger than her but she learns to tame it (like it could happen between Se and Fi for a SeFi user).
And this looks very similar in the last image you posted ! Also, that tiger comes out of the third eye area, so it would suggest Ni and Se again.

Regarding the tiger you so much relate to - I think it's a sacred animal and it has a lot of strength but also willpower and grace and it reminds more about spiritual awakening than a lion. This is why they used a tiger in the Tarot of Dreams, because the deck is more focused on this dimension and because a tiger would fit better in a spiritually charged deck.

I think for you taming the tiger could represent a Se - Ni balance. Since you talk about reason, this sounds like Te though. But in the images you posted I also see a lot of Se and Ni. Like in the one with the woman and the phoenix. Many images there are either Se or Ni or Se and Ni, right?

So for you I think it represents something related to a spiritual journey in which to develop Ni by using Se. I think meditation would do that and be in total alignment with the energy of the tiger. Focusing on every breath and on everything in your body and on what is happening now, gaining awareness... This somehow could lead to gaining important insight of a spiritual nature.
There is also the pattern of tiger's fur - the black stripes ! It's a contrast of light and darkness and it could suggest rhythm and balance, something you can achieve by meditation but also with music. You actually have a piano image and some tigers images in one of them. And the piano is broken and I can understand why but the tigers are very strong which means the energy and creativity is there and you can express what you want just by using it differently.

This is what I see but please tell me what you think about my interpretation.

It's fascinating tarot also came up on discord. I didn't use discord for 5 days - I can't join. Maybe something is wrong with my parents laptop or with their internet connection - I will see after I return to Bucharest, which will be in 2 days.

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This thread is amazing! I havent had time to give a proper response that it deserves just yet. But I will soon'! Luv this!