The Hello and welcome to Tarot Bites. I'm Theresa Reed the Tarot Lady.

I'm the creator of the Tarot Masterclass and the author of the Tarot coloringoring Book. I'm also your host for this

podcast series. This is episode 13 of Tarot Bites, the podcast where I dish out

short entertaining bite-sized lessons on how to read Tarot.

For today's episode, our topic is The Empress.

So if you're ready, let's go ahead and grab your cards and begin. The Empress is the fourth

card in the major Arcana. Her number is three which is considered the number of

creativity.

In 78 degrees of wisdom, Rachel Pollock has this to say about the Empress.

The High Priest has represented the mental side of the female archetype,

her deep intuitive understanding. The Empress is pure emotion.

So let's go ahead and take a moment to explore some of the symbols in this card before we get down to some interpretations.

This card has a lot of wonderful symbols.

It's really a gorgeous card, one of my favorites to see in a tarot reading. So the first thing I'd like to

point out is that there's water present in this card, just like the High Priestess, but, unlike

the High Priestess, where the water is still the water the

Empress is flowing so when you think about the high priest is which we talked

about in our last lesson, that water is still and it symbolizes a

subconscious and being receptive. I want to say this though, don't be fooled by

the moving water in the Empress.

There's still an element of receptivity here.

A river symbolizes flow and so I like to say go with the flow, right? That's being really receptive.

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