This is the card of victory and success. The chariot was the transportation of choice for kings and emperors. In the Roman Empire, victorious generals rode them through Rome in huge parades to celebrate their victories abroad. All the top gods rode in chariots. Thor had a chariot pulled by two goats,
Jupiter (Greek:Zeus) rode in a chariot pulled by eagles, and Indra, the head of the Hindu pantheon, had a chariot. But most impressive of all, Freya, 
the Norse Great Mother, but also goddess of love, beauty, fertility and war, traveled in a chariot pulled by two black cats. Getting two cats to go in the same direction, let alone pull a chariot is a feat worthy of a goddess.
Phaeton talked his father, Helios, the Titan solar diety, into letting him drive the chariot of the sun across the heavens. He wasn’t up to the job. The horses ran out of control and Phaeton crashed and burned.
And then there was Boudicca, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni, who nearly succeeded in driving the Romans out of Britain in 61 AD. The British love her and placed a statue of her and her daughters racing along in a chariot right across from Parliament. It’s one of my favorites.
So what’s the big deal about a chariot? In the ancient world it symbolized wealth, power and mobility. If you had a chariot, you could afford to keep horses. You also had the skill to stand upright in a tiny box as it streaked along, bouncing over ruts and rocks, and the strength to control the team of mettlesome horses racing ahead of you. Quite frequently, you did this as you fought enemy chariots carrying men with swords and javelins intent on killing you and wrecking the fragile thing you were standing in. Charioteers probably had even more prestige than professional football players do today.
The watery sign of Cancer, which is ruled by the Moon, is associated with the Chariot. But what does the cautious, intuitive, home-loving sign of Cancer have to do with chariots? The invention of the chariot was a giant step forward in the art of war. A charioteer (unopposed, of course, by enemy charioteers) could wreak havoc among foot soldiers and remain relatively safe, the chariot serving as a sort of armor. This is the Cancer
modus operandi: go forth if you must, but remain safe. And Cancers will do almost anything to protect their homes and families, which is what wars and chariots are supposed to be for. The United States of America, with it’s monstrous defense budget, was born on July 4th, which makes it a Cancer. The other key words for Cancer are feelings and intuition. I’ve never driven a chariot, but I would guess that to remain balanced on that tiny platform and in communication with your horses requires amazing amounts of intuition and a close empathy between the driver and his team.
To be continued….