The Emperor
A man with a crown seated on a throne. Regal and noble, with an ankh in one hand and an orb in the other.
Card Number 4:
Stability, Analytical Thinking, Rest
Place in the Fool’s Journey:
Fourth person met. Represents a father figure.
Upright Meaning
Keywords:
Father Figure – Provider –Wisdom – Protection – Stability – Leadership –Law & Order
Authority– Practical– Discipline– Fairness - Honor
As a Person:
The Emperor is your classic Pharaoh or honorable king figure. He is a kind and fair leader. A father personality with everyone’s best interest at heart. He provides for his family, protects them when needed and is wise and knowledgeable about many things. He is the type of person that can take chaos and turn it into structure. He is stable, practical and holds himself and others to high level of self-control.
As a Situation/Experience:
A time of living by a code of honor. Keeping balance for the greater good. Leading with fairness to all. Being called to leadership. Using wisdom to create stability from chaos.
As Advice:
Take control of the situation. You are being called to lead yourself and others. Its time for you to step into authority for a while. Make sure you rule with fairness and honor.
Reversed Meaning
Keywords:
Tyrant - Domination – Rigidness – Chaos – Power Trips –Undisciplined – Dictator
Rejecting - Leadership – Lack of Fairness - Dishonor
As a Person:
The emperor reversed is a tyrant. He has no limits and will stop at nothing to get and keep his power. He rules with an iron fist and has no concern for the mental, physical or emotional concerns of his subjects. He dictates everything down to the smallest detail. He is unstable and allows that instability to wreck the lives of those in his control.
As a Situation/Experience:
You are surrounded by chaos. The situation feels unstable and out of control. Someone needs to step in and bring the situation back into balance. Someone who values fairness and honor. It is very possible this person is you.
As Advice:
It is time to stop avoiding what needs to be done. If there is a tyrant in your life it is time to stand up to them or leave the situation completely. If you are holding yourself back from something it is time to be self-disciplined and finish what you started. You are the authority of your own life. It is time you setup and take control of it for yourself.
Artist credits to: Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot Vintage Deck, Matt Hughes’ Ethereal Visions Deck & Mrdiyshisha’s Cute Ghost Tarot Deck
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