✦ Upright Meaning
A woman calmly closes a lion's jaw, not through force but through gentleness and steady confidence. Strength is about the courage found in patience and compassion — mastering fear or instinct not by fighting it, but by meeting it with a soft, unwavering hand.
✦ Reversed Meaning
Reversed, it suggests self-doubt, a loss of inner confidence, or the opposite extreme — trying to overpower a situation instead of meeting it gently. It can also mean untamed impulses taking the wheel.