Artemis

Major Arcana · 3

The Empressas the Present

The Empress tarot card

"Stop producing. Start receiving."

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What this card is saying about now

There's more around you than you're letting yourself feel. The Empress in the present asks you to slow down enough to actually receive — the beauty, the care, the pleasure that's already here. You don't have to earn softness; you have to make room for it.

On the card

A figure sits in a luxurious chair in a field of tall grass. Embracing their own femininity and sexuality, they are able to enjoy the beauty around them as it unfolds

Look closer.

Upright
FertilityAbundanceNatureNurturing

This card represents the warmer/sensual aspects of femininity (and motherhood) whereas the High Priestess, the card before this, represents the more cool/mysterious aspects of womanhood. You have cultivated something wonderful through a connection to your inner divine and nature. Appreciate the beauty and passion that you attract

Reversed

You are not attracting the beauty and passion you want. Perhaps you are impatient or perhaps you must connect more with nature or your own raw energy

Card lore

The imagery (the crown, corn necklace and field) is a nod to depictions of Demeter, the greek goddess of the harvest (and mother to Persephone)

Its place in the deck.

Major ArcanaCard 3
One of the 22 Major Arcana. They point to the large themes and turning points in a life, not the day to day. When one comes up, the reading is about something bigger than this week.
StageThe outer world
After the Fool, the Major Arcana run in three stages of seven: the outer world (1 to 7), the turn inward (8 to 14) and the return (15 to 21). This one is in the outer world: building a workable self out of will, learning and structure.

Where it shows up.

In the stars
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VenusThis card's planet
What you find beautiful, who you're drawn to, and what feels good.

Where is this showing up for you?

Keep the thread

Artemis remembers what you asked, and tells you when something comes back around.

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The Empress in the other positions

How this card reads when it shows up in past, present, or future