Tarot Lesson: The Empress
Tarot Interpretations of the Empress
**If you did not read the previous post/lesson on Starting a Tarot Journal you need to do that now before starting/continuing with the individual card lessons!
You can view it Here.
Over time we will have journal entries/lessons for each of the 78 cards.
Pull the corresponding card from your deck to use for each of the individual lessons.
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For the purposes of these lessons I am using a Waite deck, but the beauty to learning Tarot this way is that you can use a journal for any deck you wish and you will learn it properly!
Not by memorizing a bunch of definitions, but by actually connecting with your own cards.
Below is a series of questions for you to consider for each card. By answering the questions in your journal you will be telling your own story… Below the series of questions are my thoughts/interpretations of the cards….
PLEASE do your own journal entry first - so that they are your own unique answers! Trust me it works better that way 
Card: The Empress
- What is the first thing you notice about this card?
- Who is the Character represented & what is he/she doing?
- What clothing does the character wear? What props or accessories?
- What Colors do you see?
- What is the background?
- How does the card make you feel?
- What is your initial reaction/response to this card?
- What additional symbols are in this card and what do they mean to you?
My Journal Entry
(reminder I used the Universal Waite deck for mine)
This woman appears very feminine to me and she is surrounded by all types of goodness. There is a bright sunny sky and a lot of green vegetation.
She has a crown on which gives her a feeling of authority and power, but she isn’t surrounded by material things at all, she is surrounded by nature and a field of wheat. All things that symbolize fertility and abundance.
In her hand she holds a scepter and she looks to be at purpose in the way she is relaxing and taking things in. Her power is more silent and is more like silent wisdom and an inner knowing that she has all she needs around her.
I feel a lot of desire to create or manifest things when i see this card. The woman symbolizes pregnancy and fertility as she is covered by a large gown that indicates being with child. There is a lot of creative force and abundance present.
This card to me represents sustenance, abundance, creation and making the most of what one has been given. Simple abundance and grace.
