The Empress - 3

Create what you can nurture and grow

The Fool greets the Empress as she sits facing us in a field of wheat with a forest of trees and a waterfall at her back. She is clothed in a dress of pomegranates with a crown of stars on her head and a scepter of the world in her hand. She represents the nurturing and loving energy of a divine mother, inspiring us to become rooted in our creativity and fertility. She sits on red cushions, a symbol of her passion, fruitfulness, and love of beauty, she is ready to teach the Fool to put his inspiration and intuition to work in the creation of new ideas.

Rider-Waite-Smith

Meanings

The Empress represents our ability to create, the result of moving through inspiration (the Magician) and intuition (the High Priestess), we are finally ready to bring our ideas into fruition in the real world.
She is a maternal representation of the divine-feminine energy, embodying nurturing, loving, and passionate energy to direct towards the fertility of ideas and creation of new things.
This is the beginning of a plan of action, it is time to think less and feel more as you move down your path.
Warning to stay rooted in your plans and what you have learned. Refocus and remember what you have inside of you and find ways to express it.

Numerology - 3

Threes are associated with creativity, expression, growth and expansion. They are the first sign of stability (like a three-legged stool) and show you are in a place for expansion and openness in moving forward. Threes are associated with the planet Jupiter indicating growth, expansion, and abundance. They bring optimism, communication, creativity and togetherness.

Tarot de Marseille

Symbolism

12 Star Diadem – the 12 stars represent the months of the year, the astrological signs, and the universe as a whole, showing her connections to both heavens and earth, and the cycles of the natural world.

Globed Scepter – shows her power and authority over the natural world by holding the globe in her hand. She is able to bring anything into fruition.

Shield – the shield is in a heart shape and with the symbol of Venus carved into it, shows the Empress’ protective nature and connection with love, beauty and divine feminine energy.

Gown – the white gown represents her purity and openness combined with the fertility and divine feminine energy of the Pomegranates

Wheat – she is surrounded by abundance and nature growing into its fullness.

Red Cushions – the Empress is sitting, rooted in the color of passion, love, and abundance

Tarot of Echoes

Associations

Earth – the suit of health, wealth, and grounding, represented by the pentacles in tarot. Earth relates to things happening in the tangible realm, your basic needs, finances, work, and physical health.

Venus – the giving and receiving of love and beauty. Using divine feminine energy to create and appreciate art, music, and the loveliness around us.

Taurus – stability, beauty, and love, and a connection with divine cycles of nature.