The Empress
The Empress embodies pleasure, abundance, and motherhood. She signifies richness in various forms, whether material or experiential, and encourages sharing this bounty lovingly and freely. Her essence is deeply connected with nature and the nurturing of life.
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Card Depiction
The Empress sits on a lavish throne of rich gold, bursting with motifs of flowering plants and overgrown vines. Sensually, she parts her finery.
Embodiment of Pleasure
The Empress is the embodiment of pleasure in all its forms, from lush materials to sexual joy, loving embrace to heartfelt laughter, the Empress wants for nothing and enjoys an abundance of all good things.
Symbol of Motherhood
As she sits on her throne, she holds in her arm a ripe melon, a symbol of mothering and birth, not only of a human child but of the Earth and nature itself. As she is nourished by the world, she returns it in kind reciprocity, representing a oneness with the planet on which we are born.
Significance
This card signals a person, time, or event that is rich in bounty, whether it be experiential or physical, though this richness is meant to be shared. As a mother, The Empress has an abundance that should be given freely and lovingly, never coveted or guarded jealously.
Additional Artwork
A diagram of the hormone Oxytocin stands behind the Empress. Commonly known as the 'love hormone,' it is one of the key neurotransmitters that regulate sexual reproduction as well as feelings of empathy and generosity, though it may only apply to members of one’s 'in-group,' commonly a social circle or family. Outside of these in-groups, Oxytocin can promote dishonesty in individuals if it serves to advance their particular in-group. Oxytocin levels are increased during orgasm, breastfeeding, and physical embrace, and small-scale studies have shown that increased exposure to the chemical triggers a preference for one’s longtime romantic partner over an equally attractive stranger.
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