Known also as the Daughter of the Mighty Ones and ruled by Venus, the card of The Empress represents femininity, beauty and fecundity; she is the personification of inner and outer wealth, shining a fully evolved brilliance of love and wholeness.
The creator and protector of life, she is the Mother Goddess, the Shining One who bestows abundance and a cornucopia of riches from the earth, that is available to all if you only open your arms to receive it.
Traditionally The Empress refers to pregnancy and marriage, the realms of experience and concern that have been relegated to women as if they are their only concerns. When seeking answers to do with relationships and children, she brings a positive outcome and good news. But she is so much more than this.
She is connected to the Earth through her sensuality and ripeness, and is tied to the seasons which are also representative of the cycles of life - of birth, adolescence, maturity and old age. The life force runs through her whole being and she connects us to the pulse of life.
On a mundane level, The Empress brings success to matters and speeds them to a happy conclusion. She brings success also to creative endeavours - her powers of creativity are not limited to bringing forth children, but to all sorts of creations. If you want to bring something new into form, such as a book or a painting or a song, then she helps speed you towards that end.
She is the capacity to give and receive love, in her aspect as the Anima, the beloved and the ideal of femininity. She is at once mother, lover and wise woman, and her gift is prosperity and knowing life in a material and physical way.
This card also turns up when you are ready to resolve issues with mother or motherhood - The Empress assists you to bring love, empathy and understanding to your relationships with important female figures in your life.
What can you do now to honour the feminine in your own life now?
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