The Empress

The Empress Tarot is the Major Arcana card of femininity and motherhood.

It is also one of the strongest pregnancy cards in the Tarot deck. If you are a mother, you will really come into your own and find fulfilment. If you are a father, The Empress encourages you to build on your communication with your children and show them your nurturing side.

Even if you are not a parent, when The Empress appears the message is the same, you should embrace your softer side, allow yourself to explore the emotions you are feeling and listen to your intuition.

People will be drawn to you, especially those in need of the empathy, compassion and nurturing you are able to provide.
In the background, a mix of two towering skyscrapers tinted red against a pitch black sky at the top of the card, and from the middle down, floral, natural imagery with flowers, plant stems, and other such scenery about, tinted in a gradient from muted purples at the middle to reddish pinks at the bottom.

At the center of the image and slightly to the right, a lone female figure tinted in blue stands, eyes closed, facing to the left. Long white hair flows behind her as her face is tilted upwards.

On the left sleeve of her long kimono is a female-gender symbol, and grasped in her left hand is an unsheathed katana.