Arcanum 7 — The Chariot

Forward motion is what the Chariot is about. The seventh energy of the Destiny Matrix stands for a goal, the will to reach it and the speed that gets a person there ahead of the rest. It covers travel, career advance and every kind of contest. In a chart it points to the place where someone is asked to pick a direction and move, without running people over on the way and without waiting at the starting line for years.

What this energy is about

A driver stands in a chariot drawn by two animals that pull in different directions, and still the chariot goes straight. That is the whole art of the seventh arcanum: holding the reins. Its question is “Where am I going?” and it does not accept “anywhere, as long as I am moving” for an answer.

People with this energy are quick, brave and competitive. They set a goal on Monday and report progress on Friday, walk fast, love a road trip and get restless on the third day of a beach vacation. In a team they are the engine: they name the target, set the pace and pull everyone across the finish line.

The shadow comes in two versions. In one, the Chariot rushes, pushes people aside, lives at work and collects the dents and delays that haste brings. In the other, it stands in the garage: the person fears moving at all and envies those who left. The task of this energy is a goal worth the trip and a pace the passengers can live with.

The Chariot in the zones of the chart

The same energy reads differently depending on the point of the chart it stands in.

In the character

Sitting still has never been your strong suit. With the Chariot at the point of personality, you are at your happiest when there is somewhere to get to: a deadline, a summit, a new city, a promotion.

In the talents

Once you have picked a goal, you tend to reach it, and that is rarer than it sounds. The Chariot among your talents is the gift of momentum: you break a big aim into stages, start at once and keep moving when others lose interest.

In the comfort zone

Rest, for you, looks like motion. With the Chariot at the center of the chart, you feel most at ease on the way somewhere: behind the wheel, on a train, on a bike path, in the middle of a project with a clear finish.

In the karmic tail

Where you are going, and what it costs the people around you, is the question this lesson raises. According to the method, the Chariot in the karmic tail carries one of two old patterns: victories won at other people’s expense, or goals abandoned and a life spent standing in one place.

On the money line

Momentum is what brings you money: a clear goal, a deadline and a road to cover. The Chariot on the money line earns by getting things, people and projects from point A to point B.

In relationships

You fall for people who are going somewhere. The Chariot on the relationship line wants an active partner: someone with plans of their own, ready for a spontaneous weekend away, able to keep up.

In the family lines

People on the move fill your family line: travelers, career builders, relatives who packed up and started over somewhere new. Some had to fight for their place, and they gave you courage and the reflex to keep going whatever happens.

In the purpose

The Chariot gives you the purpose of a pioneer: to get somewhere first and bring others along. You are here to show that a goal can be reached, in your own life, in the work you lead or in the cause you have chosen.

In the year forecast

Everything speeds up in a Chariot year. Plans that sat in a drawer start to move, and so do you: business trips, vacations abroad, a new commute, sometimes a change of city or country.

The full text is in your reading if 7 stands in this zone of your chart.

How to bring out its best

1. Write your goal for the next three months in one sentence and keep it in sight.
2. Before you speed up, check who is traveling with you and whether they can keep the pace.
3. Move your body every day, even if it is only a twenty-minute walk.
4. Leave ten minutes early for a week and see how much calmer the road becomes.