Major Arcana

The Empress

Tarot Card Meaning

The Empress tarot card from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Upright

  • abundance
  • nurturing
  • fertility
  • nature

A time of growth and abundance. Nurture your projects and relationships with love and patience.

Reversed

  • dependence
  • smothering
  • emptiness
  • neglect

Creative blockage or neglecting self-care. You may be giving too much or too little.

Symbolism

A crowned woman reclines on a luxurious throne amid a field of wheat and a flowing river. The Venus symbol adorns her shield — she embodies the fertile, nurturing force of creation.

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