Angel Paths for October 8 - The Empress
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The Empress
The Empress is numbered three and symbolises one
half of a perfect polarity - the Emperor being
the other side of the balance. From the purity
of the High Priestess we move naturally onwards
to the Empress' sense of bounty and fertility.
She represents the Mother Goddess, fulfilling
her part in the eternal cycle of creation.
The Empress holds the power to steadily and
determinedly rebuild, renew, nurture and
nourish. She has an unquenchable and generous
courage, responding instantly when she sees a
need to defend. Her realm is built of love,
fertility and warmth. When the Empress holds us
we are once again in the sure safety of the
infant at its mother's breast.
She also represents unconditional love - making
no demands and setting no conditions. If we
allow her love to flow through us then we too
can become a pure spring through which the
Universe flows. Only our fears stand between us
and the Goddess.
Working with the Empress card
The Empress is the embodiment of womanhood. She
covers all aspects of love, beauty and female
strength. Her throne is one built of endurance,
tenacity, loyalty and sheer determination. She
stands for the mother, and for the
daughter.....who will in turn become mother.
And at her highest level, the Empress also
represents the Great Mother in her aspect of
protector, nurturer, teacher, lover, and friend.
Here are all the elements of compassion,
unconditional love and acceptance that comes
from a pure and unadulterated relationship with
the Goddess.
In recent times we have tended to overlook the
importance of the innate strength in womanhood.
We can get blinded by the dynamic power inherent
in male strength, and completely forget the
necessity for the counter-balancing influence of
female power.
There's nothing mushy about this power - it's no
accident that many Goddesses are regarded as
destroyers - but it is infinitely different to
male strength. The entire dynamic of its
expression is unique and enduring.
On a day ruled by the Empress, we need to be
trying to touch the Goddess - either within or
without. You'll see Her gentle beauty in a
thousand places if you look for it.
We also need to be considering love, and the
ways in which we express love and receive love
in our lives. It's a good exercise to try out
every now and again, anyhow. When we run a quick
check on the level of love in our lives as a
regular thing, we find it much harder to make
the mistake of taking it for granted.
On a more mundane level, this is a time to think
of mothers - you, if you are one; your mother;
the concept of motherhood. And finally, again we
need to take that back to whatever we regard as
the highest principle of mothering in our lives.
And by the way - just because I have talked a
lot about women, and mothers, I am not excluding
men. You have many of these same qualities
within your nature too. So get in touch with
them!
Affirmation: Love and beauty flow through my
life in a limitless stream
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