Card of the Day for October 8 - The Empress
msesheta
Attribution - Venus (rules Taurus and
Libra; exalted in Pisces)
Represented by the 3, the Empress
connects spirit to body, which brings forth creation and new life.
She is the trinity of spirit over matter and then manifestation.
Rider-Waite Imagery
The Empress sits on her cushioned covered throne. She is blond
which represents that she is clear minded and in the present
moment. Not looking back at the past or towards the future. She is
crowned with 12 stars for the Zodiac. Around her neck are 7 pearls
for the 7 planets of the ancients. She represents the planet of
Venus which is shown on her cushions. The roses on her dress are
also sacred to Venus and mimic the shape of the symbol. The wheat
& cypress trees are another reference to Venus. The empress is
the mother of all creation. She loves everything unconditionally.
She is mother nature and the mothering feminine principle.
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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Part I: The Veil and its Symbols
The Empress, who is sometimes represented with full face, while
her correspondence, the Emperor, is in profile. As there has been
some tendency to ascribe a symbolical significance to this
distinction, it seems desirable to say that it carries no inner
meaning. The Empress has been connected with the ideas of
universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
Part II: The Doctrine Behind the Veil
A stately figure, seated, having rich vestments and royal aspect, as of a daughter of heaven and earth. Her diadem is of twelve stars, gathered in a cluster. The symbol of Venus is on the shield which rests near her. A field of corn is ripening in front of her, and beyond there is a fall of water. The scepter which she bears is surmounted by the globe of this world. She is the inferior Garden of Eden, the Earthly Paradise, all that is symbolized by the visible house of man. She is not Regina coeli, but she is still refugium peccatorum, the fruitful mother of thousands. There are also certain aspects in which she has been correctly described as desire and the wings thereof, as the woman clothed with the sun, as Gloria Mundi and the veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum; but she is not, I may add, the soul that has attained wings, unless all the symbolism is counted up another and unusual way. She is above all things universal fecundity and the outer sense of the Word. This is obvious, because there is no direct message which has been given to man like that which is borne by woman; but she does not herself carry its interpretation.
In another order of ideas, the card of the Empress signifies the
door or gate by which an entrance is obtained into this life, as
into the Garden of Venus; and then the way which leads out
therefrom, into that which is beyond, is the secret known to the
High Priestess: it is communicated by her to the elect. Most old
attributions of this card are completely wrong on the
symbolism–as, for example, its identification with the Word,
Divine Nature, the Triad, and so forth.
UPRIGHT
The Mother Card.
Earth Mother, nurturer, feminine influence, fertility.
Wealth and comfort.
Accomplishment.
Inner power.
Security.
Support.
Generosity, kindness.
Satisfaction.
Unconditional love.
Kisses, hugs and cuddles.
Inner and outer richness.
Wholeness.
Count your blessings.
A day to be good to yourself.
Mother, sister, wife.
Everything looks good on the home front.
Pregnancy.
Abundance in all forms.
Creativity and art.
Good luck.
Unconditional love begins at home.
Delight in animals, plants and all things natural.
Male querent – the object of his
love.
REVERSED
Needs unfulfilled, lack of
necessities.
Difficulty expressing emotion.
Vanity.
Easily offended.
Barrenness.
Troubled home or marriage.
Pay more attention to home life before it becomes a problem.
Low income, famine and starvation.
Non-productivity.
You need more love in your life.
Being under someone’s influence.
Bad weather is brewing.
Weakness of character.
Unwanted pregnancy.
Stagnate atmosphere.
Fear and anxiety.
Indecisive.
Lack of connection and growth.
Poor health.
Seduction.
Inappropriate desires, unappeased
lust that control the actions of an individual.
Catastrophes in the family or in nature.
Eating disorders, body-image disorders.
1. Gill
2. Old Path
3. Robin Wood
4. Morgan Greer
5. Mythic
6. Greenwood