The Empress

Number: 3 Arcana: Major Arcana Suit: Trump Hebrew Alphabet: Daleth/Door/4

Keywords

fertility, productivity, ripeness, nurturing

Fortune Telling

• Pregnancy is in the cards
• An opportunity to be involved in luxurious sexuality is coming
• Beware a tendency toward addiction

Meanings

Light

• Nurturing yourself and others
• Bearing fruit
• Celebrating your body
• Bearing (literal or figurative) children
• Reveling in luxury
• Mothering those around you in positive ways
• Enjoying your sexuality
• Getting things done

Shadow

• Overindulging
• Being greedy
• Smothering someone with attention
• Debilitating someone by being overprotective
• Inhibiting productivity by obsessing on productivity
• Being overcome by addictive behavior

Archetype

The Mother

Numerology

3 (expression, productivity, output)

Elemental

Venus

Mythical/Spiritual

Gaia, Mother Earth, Ishtar, DemeterÑmature, reproductive female divinity in every form. Also Aphrodite and Turan.

Affirmation

N/A

Questions to Ask

• What would a concerned and capable mother do?
• What can I do that would emphasize growth?
• How can I celebrate my own sensuality and sexuality?

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Reference: Tarot