Arcana Alchemy: The Empress

The Empress is most frequently associated with motherhood, fertility, and abundance. I have witnessed in my own life, when gathering with others to talk about Tarot, that the Empress is a revered card (especially among women). We respect this card, we love this card, we long to have this card present in our lives, because it offers a safety and warmth that every human longs for - the ideal nurturing mother. However, many humans never got to experience the nurturing we assume mothers should provide, what we got was an experience that instead challenged us, shaped us into who we are now, and maybe for some dictated parts of ourselves that we don’t even like.