Kejsaren
Keywords: Fatherly, patriarchal, ruling, powerful, structuring, stability, discipline, leader,
logical mind, actuary, protective.
The Emperor represents the ultimate power the pinnacle of stability and order 4 an in the order of the Tarot is also reflected in other contexts as the 4 right angles of the cube in each line is a symbol of the manifest or spiritual that has taken shape in this three-dimensional world controlled by the Emperor himself.
He represents power and imperiousness the rigid and inflexible while the eternal
and the stable credibility and harmony that rests on his terms.
The square is the most stable
in the geometric world we live in of the wealth we experience
The emperor rules his kingdom he is the one who owns and no one dares to defy his decisions and order.
He has a well-organised structure around all that surrounds him; his mind shapes his reality and the
approaches to development.
He manifests his kingdom with what he values and the emblems he finds
appropriate to surround himself with in order to emphasise the status of emperor and the autocracy he expresses in his own kingdom Sometimes he may show himself
tyrannical and dominant over what he feels he wants to rule over and takes that right without questioning the values of others. This can manifest itself in various situations such as becoming assertive
and aggressive in his behaviour.
In The Garden tarot, I have illustrated the Emperor dressed in a proper suit with a staff in his hand with an ibex as an emblem of his striving life and role as ruler.
striving life and role as the ruler. he sits alone on his own throne balancing the power and the means he has at hand to manifest his empire.
of his own power that he has created Therefore, order and structure is something that he surrounds himself in his garden. straight lines and shapely tamed
nature are what reflect the emperor and the values that he enshrines..
This card can reflect people in positions of power such as managers
supervisors authorities people with authority over other individuals in general. but also entrepreneurs who have broken free and run their own business of some kind
own business of some kind those as leaders who have taken on the crown.
"Upright"
This card indicates power and structures. Experience and rules and regulations, discipline and order, practical and methodical approach, authority. Business practices, rigid beliefs. The card shows dependence, protectionism and stability. Control, focus, fearlessness, courage.
Reversed.
This position shows abuse of power, impatience, excessive need for control, rigidity. Pathological of a negative nature. Dominant entities, tyrannical, inconsistent, aggressive. Sitting precariously on his throne, despotic, insecure.