Major Arcana 3 · Dalet ד · Venus
The Empress
Fertility, abundance, nature, mothering. Create, but let what you love breathe.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Nurturing
- Creative
- Generous
- Sensual
- Abundant
Bad traits
- Smothering
- Indulgent
- Lazy
- Possessive
What The Empress means
- Love
- You love with abundance and want a home full of life.
- Work
- Art, design, food, nature, care, and anything you can grow.
- Money
- Abundance follows what you grow and make: land, food, beauty, comfort and creative work.
- Health
- The body wants care, good food and nature; watch weight, the throat and the reproductive system.
- Spirit
- Creation is your prayer: you meet the sacred in growing life and in beauty.
- Advice
- Create, but let what you love breathe.
Reversed
Smothering, overindulging or blocked creativity; giving everything away until you are empty.
Shadow work: Love can turn possessive. Let what you nurture grow in its own direction.
Yes or no
Yes
As a yes or no card, the Empress answers yes.
Ask yourself
What am I growing, and am I letting it breathe?
Affirmation: “I create, I receive and I let life flourish.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 3
- Hebrew letter
- Dalet ד
- Astrology
- Venus
- Constellation
- Creation through surrender. The Empress, the Hanged Man and the World: you grow things, let go when it is time, and see them completed.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Abundance, Creativity, Femininity, Motherhood, Beauty; in the minus: Laziness, Extravagance, Vanity, Smothering
The Empress as a birth card
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 Empress as their soul card
Every 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
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 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)
Questions and answers
What does The Empress mean?
Fertility, abundance, nature, mothering. Create, but let what you love breathe.
What does The Empress mean reversed?
Smothering, overindulging or blocked creativity; giving everything away until you are empty.
Is The Empress a yes or no card?
Yes.
What does The Empress mean in love?
You love with abundance and want a home full of life.
What does The Empress mean for money and work?
Abundance follows what you grow and make: land, food, beauty, comfort and creative work. Art, design, food, nature, care, and anything you can grow.