Interpretation of The Empress - Upright - Major Arcana

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Interpretation of The Empress - Upright - Major Arcana

Post by Tarot » Tue May 16, 2006 1:29 pm

The Empress - Upright

Major Arcana

Execution of your decisions are in you own hands now.  You need to take calculated risks to achieve your goals. You may receive some good news related to a wedding or birth of a baby. Now is the time to take action and develop your creativity.

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~the~empress~

Post by luca » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:31 pm

~~~The~Mother~Goddess~~~~the source of all living~~~~Queen of Life***;-)
~~~ruled by Venus~~~representing spring***abundant blessing and creativity~she* conveys a sence of stability,maturity, accomplishment  or pregnancy/birth* can speak* also about the bith* of a creative~project*~also~involvment with nature~ sometimes can indicate money~worries* or a need* to handle your finances carefully. Anticipation~~communication(correspondences~mail) ; satisfaction~purity~~naivity*~~~physical and emotional concerns~her fundamental principle is the conservation and development of life itself~~~If The Empress appears in a reading surrounded by negative cards, it may be that a female in your life is behaving in an overbearing manner~negative associations for the card....over~protectiveness; poverty; infertility; unwanted pregnacy.
~~~~of course that is always important comparing all the cards in the reading ;-)
~aloha~

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The Empress

Post by Infinitim » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:13 pm

THE EMPRESS

Basic Tarot Symbols

A gown decorated with pomegranates, a crown of stars, a rod, a heart-shaped shield with the symbol for Venus, a field of ripe wheat.

Basic Tarot Story

Having decided what shape his future will take, the Fool strides forward. But he is impatient to make his future a full-grown reality. This is when he comes upon the Empress. Hair gold as wheat, a crown of stars, a white gown dotted with pomegranates. She rests back on her throne surrounded by an abundance of grain and a lush garden. It is possible that she is pregnant.*

Kneeling, the Fool relates to her his story. And she, in turn, smiles a motherly smile and gently gives him this advice: "Like newly planted grain or a child in the womb, a new life, a new love, a new creation is fragile. It requires fertile soil, patience and nurturing, it needs love and attention. Only this will bring it to fruition." Understanding at last that his future will take time to build and create, the Fool thanks the Empress and continues on his way.

* Pregnant. Well, not in the Rider-Waite deck she isn't. But she is in early decks, and it is an apt symbol for this card.

Basic Tarot Meaning

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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the empress

Post by wondervineet87 » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:19 am

a stately figure,seated,she has rich robes and a royal aspect, as of a daughter of heaven and earth. the daidem is of 12 stars ,gathered in a cluster,the symbol of venus is on the sheild which rests near her.

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Post by wondervineet87 » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:21 am

a field of corn is ripening in front of her and beyond there is a waterfall

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Post by wondervineet87 » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:23 am

on top of the sceptre which she holds is the globe of the world.

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Post by wondervineet87 » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:23 am

she is the lower garden of eden, the earthly paradise all that is symbolised by the visible house of man.

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Post by Psydes212 » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:32 am

When I read this card in a spread.. I always see it as a pregnancy or someone who is taking care of themselves/others more... a mother type.
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The Empress

Post by Nelope123 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:59 am

The Empress card represents your memory, which is also a part of your unconscious mind. The Empress can help manifest realities as it combines with the High Priestess and Magician cards.

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Post by astrologer50 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:10 pm

Ruled by the planet Venus. Suggests safe and secure good times, domestic comfort, happy charming and diplomatic energy. Money improving.

She is always portrayed as heavily pregnant, which is symbolic and suggests and growing gestation period, a period of nurturing a relationship with the hope and expectation of birthing something quite nice into your reality in the not to distant future. Can also suggest a baby on the way

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The Empress

Post by manon » Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:20 pm

we love her! The way her gown is folded she is not hiding that her legs are slightly opened: she is ready to receive and transform and give life to ideas, creations, productions, growth. She has power, water and growing wheat, forests, finest accessoires and she is living in prosperty. She is uniting everything to create. Looking at the way she sits, ain't nobody going to take her place.

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