Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Empress



"She's the Great Mother Goddess in her guise as Ceres/Demeter, who created the seasons as a symbol of the ebb and flow of all human life. As Mother Nature, she governs the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. She sets our world in order and grants us the cornucopia of Earth's bounty.

She represents fertility, practicality, good luck, and success. Her intution and insight crosses genders. Her domain lies in emotions, feelings, inner promtings. In astrology, her mate is Venus, the embodiment of emotional love, sensual pleasure and sexual passion.

Your life swells with abundance. You're a nurturer who takes in strays, eases other people's pain, and smoothes their anxieties. Your openness and receptivity make you a good listener and an excellent counselor. Your home is warm, inviting, and filled with good food. It's also your sanctuary, your sacred place. The Empress often refers to your own mother or someone with maternal traits.

Empowerment: Nurture all that you are so that you become all that you can be" (46).

I was thinking about the New Year ahead and I was about to do a New Relationship spread when I shuffled and this card stuck out. This card is definitely setting the tone for 2009. This card also has perfect timing too because Venus is about to be in Pisces soon. I feel a certain strength from this card knowing that it represents the seasons and cycles of birth, death, and rebirth. She is who I want to be. I want to take care of myself and create a solid ground so that I can embody all that she represents, except fertility of course!

After this card fell out, I tried to shuffle again for the New Relationship spread but it just didn't feel right. I'm thinking that this means that maybe I need to focus on myself rather than me in a relationship or just focusing on Matt.

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