wickathou · tarot

The Empress

III Major Arcana

Upright

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│   III · THE EMPRESS    │
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│         ╱─────╲        │
│          тттттт        │
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  • abundance
  • nurture
  • creativity
  • growth

The garden is rich and it is meant to be enjoyed. The Empress brings abundance, sensuality and creative fertility — an invitation to nurture what you love and let it grow at its own pace.

Reversed

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│   III · THE EMPRESS    │
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│             ♀          │
│           ╭───╮        │
│           |===|        │
│         ╱─────╲        │
│          тттттт        │
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│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
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  • creative block
  • dependence
  • overindulgence

The well runs dry when everything flows outward. Creative block, smothering care or self-neglect from giving too much. Tend your own soil before you tend anyone else's.