Major Arcana•Number 3•Element: Earth•Astrology: Venus•Hebrew: Daleth
The Empress
Fertility Abundance Nature Nurturing Sensory Grace
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Upright Meaning
Radiant abundance, creative fertility, sensual celebration of nature, unconditional nurturing.
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Reversed Meaning
Creative block, dependence, disharmony, smothering care, domestic stagnation.
Archetypal Description
Crowned with twelve twelve-pointed stars, the Empress reclines amidst a golden wheat field and a lush forest with a rushing waterfall. She holds a scepter crowned with a globe of dominion.
✧ Esoteric Symbolism
The wheat field and waterfall symbolize fertile harvest and the unceasing flow of natural abundance.