The Empress

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Daleth
Path: 14 (Chokmah-Binah)
Planet: Venus
Thoth Title: The Empress

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Waste. Vacillation. Overindulgence. Abuse of female political power

Upright

Keywords: Female political power. Beneficence. Plenitude | Waite: Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days; the unknown, clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance.

Female political power. Beneficence. Plenitude. Reversed: Waste. Vacillation. Overindulgence. Abuse of female political power.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Venus; beauty; love; motherliness; femininity; wisdom; connection between spirit and matter; inner and outer wealth

The beauty you see in others which attracts you to them is a beauty you carry within yourself. You are in the process of unfolding and evolving your femininity. This may be the right time to work through and clarify unresolved mother-conflicts.

Number 3: Form

Established force, arete (excellence). The element realized, taking its first definite form.

Narrative position: establishment