Number
3 The Empress - 4th Chakra, heart
(All 22 cards may be viewed under tab "Tarot", above)
(All 22 cards may be viewed under tab "Tarot", above)
The
Empress is shown seated, in full ease on her throne of nature, her
emblem of a heart with the insignia of Venus within, at her side. She
embodies full femininity, and manifests in all she does from her
center of compassion. The metaphors of Mother Earth, Earth Mother,
Mother Nature - all fit with her, as it is how she sees herself, and
as such she wields an authority which cannot be easily dismissed. If
she must, she can be quite fierce in her dealings, but she is not
seeking to destroy, but to correct and bring into balance - she acts
without shutting her adversary out of her heart. Her recreation is
contained within her world, a natural environment which is complete
and fulfilling without having to seek pleasure by superficial means.
Her pleasures are with people, children, healthy food and drink, the
arts. The earth provides goodness, and she intuitively knows what is
good. Just to be around her, in her presence, is to receive some of
her qualities as she exudes them with her breath. We go from her
feeling a little less inclined to attain to vacuous pursuits – her
example is so alluring that we subconsciously examine our own
principles. Being intensely female she walks naturally the spiritual
path – she is imbued with the Dakini energy of the Vajrayana and as
such bears a natural power which is beyond reproach. It is ignorance
itself which would challenge or tamper with her ways as she is in
natural accord with wisdom, nurturing, compassion. If a young man is
seeking a young woman to be his bride, he would do well to look for
these qualities of the Empress above all else.
By
Ananda G. Brady copyright 2011
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