The Empress represents development and abundance in all its splendor. She is associated with the number 3, which is represented by the triangle, the first geometric figure, and is therefore a symbol of creation, action, and self-expression.
The Empress is an expansive card, full of vitality and energy. It represents that comfortable and settled figure who knows how to enjoy the pleasures of life. The symbol of Venus appears throughout the card, transmitting sensuality, motherhood, and beauty. You can find it in the scepter in the case of the Tarot of Marseille or in her clothing and throne in the case of the Rider Waite Tarot. It is that diva or feminine/yin energy that we all carry within. It represents the most sensual and sexual part with security, confidence, and splendor.
For the Empress archetype , her creative imagination allows her to generate everything she desires. The Empress does not lack resources. She is the development of the circumstances or the subject she is wondering about, the ability to gestate, generate and produce.
This card invites you to enjoy life and enhance your creativity and passion.
How to work with the Empress card?
The journey through the Tarot arcana is a journey of inner knowledge, an adventure and a path to oneself. Below we propose some exercises to internalize each card. It is important that you do not do them all at once. Dedicate the time you need to each arcana and do it when you feel like it. Respect and follow your inner time.
- Unleash your creativity. Make time to bring out your creative side in whatever way you like to connect with yourself.
- It’s time to get dressed up! Get in touch with your most sensual and cocky side.
- Socialize with your environment from abundance, pleasure and personal security.
The Major Arcana in the Tarot
- The Magician: initiative, opportunities, skills, resources, creativity, communication.
- The High Priestess: intuition, inner life, prudence, silence, patience.
- The Empress: abundance, creativity, sociable, sensuality, seduction, mother.
- The Emperor: control, responsibility, power, organization, limits, ability to work, boss, father.
- The High Priest: wisdom, advice, specialist, expert, teacher, mediator, beliefs.
- The Lovers: love, decisions, options, beauty, harmony, commitment.
- The Chariot: movement, youth, action, travel, triumph, confidence and security.
- The Force: strength, problems, conflicts, control of instincts, diplomacy, left hand.
- The Hermit: experience, will, inner knowledge, solitude, perseverance, slowness.
- The Wheel of Fortune: opportunities, unexpected events, evolution.
- Justice: justice, adjustment, objectivity, balance, integrity, rigidity.
- The Hanged Man: sacrifice, surrender, another point of view, pause, resignation.
- Death: radical change, transformation, recycling, transition.
- Temperance: communication, harmony, adaptability, moderation, balance, tolerance.
- The Devil: instincts, risk, excesses, addictions, seduction, cunning, selfishness.
- The Tower: liberation, unforeseen events, buildings, destruction and construction.
- The Star: illusions, hope, faith, rebirth, purity, new opportunities.
- The Moon: fears, doubts, insecurities, unconscious, intuition.
- The Sun: success, happiness, brightness, warmth, friendship, clarity, confidence, summer.
- The Judgment: becoming aware, past situations, rethinking, taking inventory, cyclical situations.
- The World: success, personal fulfillment, achievement, foreigner.
- The Fool: adventures, creativity, freedom, independence, passing or temporary things.