Anchor

Meaning

Holding fast. The Anchor is stability and perseverance: a secure job, staying put, a goal reached and held. It can also mean being stuck. It asks whether you are anchored or just unable to leave.

As a person

Someone steady, loyal to a place or a job.

In combinations

First in a pair, the Anchor names stability, a secure job or a goal reached. Second, it describes the card before it: something that lasts, holds or stays put.

• Ship + Anchor: Reaching a destination and settling there; a journey that ends in stability.
• Fox + Anchor: The job: steady daily work, or a job that needs watching.
• Key + Anchor: Lasting security; a solution that holds.
• Fish + Anchor: Financial stability; a steady income.
• Anchor + Cross: A duty that ties you down; staying out of obligation.

As a house in the Grand Tableau

Position 35 is the house of the Anchor. Stability: work, staying power and safe harbour.