Saturday, October 24, 2009
Isn't this a beautiful card? I love the Empress card in general, and this one is truly stunning.
The Empress is one of the 22 Major Arcana, the archetypical symbols of the things almost everyone experience through life.
She is the Mother. She can represent the bounty and fertility and abundance of the Earth, the way that it provides everything we need, it's strength and beauty. She is nurturing, loving, giving, protective, and patient.
She is also earthy, passionate, and sensual. She is a creator; she takes the seed of romance, the seed of creativity, and helps it grow. See how she's pregnant? She is full of potential not yet realized.
She also has a dark side. She can be smothering and overprotective, controlling, and clingy. Sometimes, mothers have a hard time letting go, and this mother is no different.
This card can signify an opportunity, something that needs nurturing and babying to grow. It can signify a pregnancy or represent a motherly figure.
I just love this card; it is one of my favorites in the entire deck.
Image used with permission. Copyright 2007 Ciro Marchetti.
3 comments:
What an absolutely beautiful card, and a great interpretation!
I agree this card is quite stunning. I can actually envision her feet below the waters growing from the earth beneath her. The flow of her garment appears as her spirit arrising as her energy flows from her body, the earth, and flows through us.
Are all the cards in this deck as intense as this one? I love Ciro's work.
This card is so beautiful. I have the Gilded Tarot and find I can really connect with Ciro Marchetti's imagery.
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