Upright Keywords
divine feminine, sensuality, fertility, nurturing, creativity, beauty, abundance, nature
Reversed Keywords
insecurity, overbearing, negligence, smothering, lack of growth, lack of progress
The Empress depicts a woman sitting on a throne. From the abundant naturethat surrounds her, we can assume that this woman represents the Earth Motherarchetype, a goddess of fertility. Her world is ruled by venus whichmeans that there is complete love, harmony, fertility and luxury by the graceof this goddess. The woman herself has blonde hair crowned with stars, signaling her divine connection with the mystical realm. She isdressed in a pomegranate-patterned robe that represents fertility, and she is seatedon cushions embroidered with a venus sign. She is surrounded by anenchanting green forest with a river streaming through it. The Empressbrings abundance and blessings in the readings of those shemeets.
The Empress shows us how deeplywe are embedded to our femininity. Femininity could be associatedwith fertility, expression, creativity and nurturing among many otheraspects. It therefore calls you to connect with beauty and bring happiness toyour life. Understand yourself and get in touch with your sensuality so thatyou can attract life circumstances to bring happiness and joy. She is asignal that be kind to yourself, to take care of yourself.
The Empress is associated with fertility,expression, creativity and nurturing among many other aspects.
The Empress is also a strongindication of pregnancy and motherhood. You can look for other cards to confirmif this is truly pregnancy, or rather just an indication of a motherly,nurturing and caring attitude. The Empress card could also mean the birth of anew idea, business or project on your life. Owing to the good fortune thatsurrounds this card, you can be sure that such situations and projects wouldend successfully in your life. Discover and bring forth those ideas that havebeen clinging to you and make sure that you devote yourself towardsaccomplishing them. This card is a sign that they are going to be successful,and well taken care of. The Empress, as the archetype of the mother earth, alsoencourages you to spend time interacting with nature, the mother of all of us.
Upright Love Meaning
nurturing, supportive lover, sensual committed relationship
Upright Career Meaning
nurturing colleagues, freshening up office, creative period at work
Upright Finances Meaning
material comfort, giving, sharing material wealth, generosity
The Empress tarot love meaningstems from the element of earth. The person represented by this card can beloving, nurturing and caring, as has financial security or appreciative ofbeautiful, comforting things. Sometimes, the Empress can point to love and workcoming together, either with a coworker, or perhaps a new business venture.
When it comes to relationships,this card also heralds a stable, serious and committed relationship. Becausethe card also represents motherhood, sometimes it can also signal marriage orpregnancy, or at least a new family, in whatever form that means for you.
Your career right now may beenjoying a boost right now. You may be more creative and passionate than usual,and putting all your ideas to work in your projects. Since the Empress isrelated to nourishment and nurturing, it may also suggest that you’re feelingparticularly nurturing and generous when it comes to your workplace as well.You may be working on making a more harmonious and welcoming office, whetherthat means being supportive of coworkers, or putting a new coat of paint atyour home office. Having the environment to do your best can certainly give youeven more momentum. Sometimes, this card can also point to another person inyour workplace that has these qualities.
The Empress is abundant bothcreatively and materially, so this card can point to a comfortable financialsituation. You may also be feeling very generous with your money now, wantingto nourish your friends and family with your abundance and good luck. It iscertainly a good time to share what you have.
The Empress reversed indicatesthat you have lost too much of your own willpower and strength because youhave started placing too much effort and concern to other people’saffairs. While the Empress's nature is of showering her loved ones withattention and care, this can sometimes go overboard. You might be neglectingyour own needs, or even smothering the ones you love with your well-intentionedactions.
In a role reversal, perhaps a reversed Empress is finding her way into yourlife; it could also mean that you are relying on others to take care of you,and make decisions for you. You need to work towards removing this influence onyour life, and build confidence in your own actions. Always try as much as youcan to ensure that you solve matters on your own.
Reversed Love Meaning
lack of self worth, jealous, clingy lover, lack of progress in love
Reversed Career Meaning
feeling insecure at work, not growing skills, stale job
Reversed Finances Meaning
feeling insecure about finances, despite being stable
The reversed Empress love tarotmeaning can represent a partner is too smothering, controlling oralternatively, unable to express their feelings. The card can also signal thatone's self-worth may need a boost. Without feeling worthy of being loved, it doesn'tmatter who you are with, you may have difficulties maintaining thatrelationship.
If you're in a relationship, theEmpress in a love tarot meaning can be encouragement to spend some quality timetogether, and care for eachother. Give yourself a treat by having a date at arestaurant, or a walk holding hands. These moments will bring you two closertogether.
Your career may be feeling stale,tedious and unfulfilling right now. It may feel that you’re making littleprogress when it comes to developing your skills and abilities. The work ismonotonous, and perhaps you’ve already mastered what you can do in thisposition. You may feel that others don’t appreciate the work you’re doing,further adding to your frustration. At times, this card also can point to afeeling of being insecure when it comes to your career. This may also becausing the other problems you’re experiencing. It’s important to take the timenow and sort out which of these are problems that require an external change,like switching jobs, versus an internal one, like developing better confidenceand communication skills.
Since the Empress is generally agreat card to have with finances, even in the reversed position, she stillsignals a comfortable amount of financial stability. However, in reverse, shemay suggest that despite you having enough, you may still feel unstable.Sometimes, this can come from growing up in poverty, or is just the nature ofbeing self-employed. You may have to do some internal work to understand whythis is so; and what you can do to change it. Continue to be responsible withyour finances, and it’s likely you’ll be fine.
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