III · Major Arcana · Venus
The Empress
A care that makes things grow.
abundance · nurturing · fertility · beauty · nature
Upright
Creative and life-giving abundance. The Empress nurtures growth in all its forms and invites you to receive pleasure, beauty, and care.
Reversed — a care that smothers, or has stopped tending itself
Creative block, smothering, or neglect, of others or yourself. Abundance feels stalled and self-care has slipped.
Why this card
Creation and abundance — growth, nurture, and the pleasure of the senses.
Venus — love and worth.
In the plate
- wheat field
- Venus symbol
- flowing river
- lush cushions
To sit with
What in your life is ready to be nurtured into bloom?
Where are you neglecting your own needs while tending everyone else?
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