The Empress - La Emperatriz
Upright: Femininity, beauty, nature, nurturing, abundance
Reversed: Creative block, dependence on others
The Empress card is both Mother Nature and the maternal, nurturing parts of you. The Empress is your creative imagination, the desire to create something, to nurture and nourish it along. She is also the Divine Mother. This card indicates you are on the precipice of a birth of some kind. You are in your potential and poised to follow through. The Empress card reveals a need for this follow through. What can you do to help yourself along, to bring about this new creation? Are you in touch with your heart's desire? How might you rekindle your creativity? How are you imagining your future? This card could indicate you need to protect this new birth: a new idea? A new opportunity? Perhaps you need to connect with Mother Nature more? The Empress hints at the germination of an idea before it is ready to be fully born. You have abundance in your responsibilities of life. Connect with the power of the feminine. Even if you do not feel abundant and ready to nourish, you are balanced. You are primed to take on more. The Empress card signifies the door or gate by which an entrance is obtained into this life. Walk through it.
The Empress card shows a female portrait in Dia de los Muertos paint. This image shows there is no question as to her nobility. She has an all-knowing, grand stance. Head tilted back ever so slightly and, of course, her thorny crown designates her royal position. This Earth element card is completely grounded and confident in her nourishment of herself and others. The twine around her index finger reveals that she has others always in mind. She is a caretaker. She knows how to coax any little thing to thrive. Her dress shows that she is aware of her femininity and blossoms in it.
Element: Air