Paul Quinn

warns that unless he chooses to make something of his fantasy material, he is doomed to a life of dead-end dreams.

“snap out of it,” to examine how we are deceiving ourselves and the costs of that deception.

the card depicts the imagination’s menu of possibilities

Chariot’s movement is fueled by planning and willpower.

We become the Chariot when charging toward goals for which we have carefully prepared or when putting muscle behind causes that stir the blood.

Without genuine ardor behind our ambitions, our victories will be short term and hollow.

ensure that the goals we go after are not merely self-serving, but in some way benefit others,

Yet unless the ego is kept in check, we become vulnerable to shadow forms of our power, such as pursuing a goal so zealously that people stepping into our Chariot path get flattened.

The charioteer’s apparent ease with the reins’ invisibility indicates that he has moved beyond the ego-driven belief that he is solely in charge

. He understands that his success, inner and outer, ultimately requires copiloting with unseen guidance