The Number One Tarot Card Learning Room: The Emperor

 

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The Major Arcana Deck (O - XXI)  

(IV) The Emperor

Number (IV):        Logic

                                     Reasoning (acceptance, measurement) 

                                     Spirit (expression)

Arcana:                   Major - represents the cycle in life while emphasising 

                                     the importance of the card's meaning and timing (i.e., a

                                     major life event and currently powerful energies at work)

Card Meaning:     Power (leadership, control and authority)

                                   Discipline (reasoning)

Element:                 Fire

Zodiac Sign:          Aries 

Planet:                     Mars (dynamic)

Symbolism: Archetypal Worlds and Key Symbols

The Human Creation World

Crown: Highest faculty - highest attainment of man in the spiritual evolution
Red Robe: The power of choice and self-conscious awareness
Sceptre: Authority, triumph and success
Sword: Air, intellect, mind and divine law of the universe - true and just
Throne: Power, strength, support

The Animal Kingdom World

Eagle: Immortality and superior forces of nature

The Landscape World

Mountains (steep): Elevated intellect

Colours

Blue: Balanced and spiritual understanding
Brown: Material plane
Gold “cosmic mind”: Universal wisdom, understanding and intuitive abilities
Orange: Vitality, success and passionate approach
Red: Element-fire, passion, acquisition and desire of any kind
White: Purity, truth, sincerity, virtue of all kinds and highest spirituality
Yellow: Element-air, mental, intellect, imagination, creativity, skill and balance

Story Line: Reading the card

I stand firm and lead by example. I have the tools and ability. I am a leader. 

The Emperor often appears in a reading when we are at the point where we need to assume control or will be given a position of responsibility and that strong foundations are in place. Further, it reminds us that we need to be mindful...to act correctly with the best exertion - the need to convey structure, concentrate, focus and control the mind.

Coming next... (V) The Hierophant

Until then, as they say in Angola, "Adeus".