III: The Empress
The Empress reclines before you in a patch of sun. She is a sensual being, a day sleeper and a night eater, soft velvet and warmth and perfume. Her womb was the earth itself, her bountiful children the fruits which sustained life.
The Moon above the Empress sheds tears of longing; with these tears, The Empress nurtures the dead ground, growing beautiful trees pregnant with sweet berries.
Upright
- Energy
- Sensuality
- Harmony
You are a vessel overflowing with powerful female energy, a vine ready to flourish. Draw on this energy and express your impulses. Spread your leafy fronds across the warm stone of destiny without fear, for The Empress will provide you with sustenance.
The Empress may come into your life as a loving, sensual woman. She is abundance, a field of golden corn through which you run. Harmony, fertility and generous physical expressions of love follow you like the scent of lime trees on the breeze.
Inverted
- Poverty
- Spiritual hardship
- Impotence
You are a creature of the forest, living through a hard and icy winter of the spirit. The activities you love may have ceased to bring joy, or perhaps they bring other unwanted consequences. Your home is no longer a refuge, and though your purse may bulge, your pockets feel empty.
The Empress returns from the underworld each Spring. This too shall pass.
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