The Emperor

Love

You protect and provide; you need respect as much as love.

Work

Leadership, management, government, building and order.

Money

Money comes from building and managing: property, order, long plans and positions of authority.

Health

Stress settles in the head, the blood pressure and the back; rest is part of strength.

Spirit

Order is sacred too: true authority serves the people under it.

Advice

Lead with structure, not with force.

Control turned to tyranny, or the opposite: no structure at all and nobody in charge.

Shadow work: You may need to win every argument. Strength that never bends breaks in the end.

Yes

As a yes or no card, the Emperor answers yes.

Where am I holding on too tightly to control?

Affirmation: “I lead with structure, fairness and a steady heart.”

Number

4

Hebrew letter

He ה (Tsadi in Thoth)

Astrology

Aries: the card of Aries

Constellation

Structure and transformation. The Emperor and Death: you build order, and you end what no longer serves so that something stronger can stand.

In the Destiny Matrix

Leadership, Structure, Protection, Responsibility, Order; in the minus: Control, Rigidity, Domination, Stubbornness

Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.

Famous people with The Emperor as their soul card

• 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
• 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
• 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
• 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
• 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
• 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
• 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
• 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
• 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
• 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
• 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
• 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
• 13. DeathTransformation and endings
• 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
• 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
• 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
• 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
• 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
• 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
• 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
• 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)

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