The Empress (3)
Card Description:
The Empress card is derived from a portrait of a true empress. It is from a painting of an empress called Maria Fyodorovna by Artist Vladimir Makovsky, a Russian painter.
She is surrounded by an abundance of wealth and nature and for this card, depicted as as pregnant. Behind her is a deer drinking from a stream and a water fall. At her feet are three white doves. Lilacs and plants, soft furs, rich furniture, wealth and abundance is the energy of the empress.
The Empress is mother, creator and nurturer. In many decks she can be shown as pregnant, as we have done in Infinite Visions Tarot.
She represents the creation of life, of romance, of art or business, or the germination of an idea before it is ready to be fully born. The Empress is often associated with Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love, and indeed the Rider-Waite deck brandishes her symbol upon a heart-shaped bolster.
In a reading: The empress can often refer to your own mother. Some decks depict her as the Great Mother Goddess who created the seasons. She is Mother Nature and represents fertility, good luck, success. In astrology she is Venus, the embodiment of emotional love, sensual pleasure and sexual passion. As Mother Nature, she governs cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
Advice: Now is a good time to get in touch with your surroundings and live in the real world of sights, sounds and physical activities. Turn your talent for nurturing towards yourself with expressions of gratitude for the abundance in your life and you will increase that abundance and continue to reap rewards for your positive thoughts and actions.
Read more about the Empress at "Aeclectic Tarot."
The Empress
- MOTHERING
- ABUNDANCE
- SENSES
- NATURE
Because Infinite Visions Tarot is based on the traditional Rider-Waite deck, and we recommend the book "Learning the Tarot" for using this deck.
Read more about the Empress at "Learning the Tarot."