Known as Strength in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, this card’s name is altered to Lust in order to better illustrate the relationship between the beast and the higher self. It is not a relationship of dominance and repression, but rather one of conscious understanding and acceptance. All of us contain an instinctual animalistic nature; it is dangerous to ignore it as well as to let it escape. It is only through acceptance of our natural instincts that we can unlock and benefit from their power. Lust is considered the first card in the second half of the Major Arcana, where one’s journey into the depths of the self begins. This jump towards the depths starts with the pursuit of our passions, even if they are not typically thought of as spiritual in nature. All things, when looked at from the perspective of true passion, can be spiritual in nature.