Messages from the Empress on Major Arcana II
Justice
My love, there are times when I call you to re-align and to find balance, sometimes with a warning as sharp as a sword. I give you pause to find clarity of thought, to consider the heart of an issue, to search for hidden motives before rushing on. My kindness draws you closer to me to ask what is right and true, to choose what is best. I will guide you back to your highest path and the compass point of your true North. You may find yourself at a point of decision where you need to relinquish and be willing to go in either direction. Two choices may hang like these bowls containing substances of equal worth but of different qualities. Consequences of past actions may need to be faced or some hidden truth may need to be exposed, yet the consequent freedom, release, and illumination can restore strength, point to the right direction, or lead to the next needed steps. My healing can be released! As the bloody sword here points to earth, so centering yourself, accepting responsibility, and choosing to settle accounts will manifest in earthly reality. Plant clear seeds of thought and reap the rich fruit.
My love, there are times when I call you to re-align and to find balance, sometimes with a warning as sharp as a sword. I give you pause to find clarity of thought, to consider the heart of an issue, to search for hidden motives before rushing on. My kindness draws you closer to me to ask what is right and true, to choose what is best. I will guide you back to your highest path and the compass point of your true North. You may find yourself at a point of decision where you need to relinquish and be willing to go in either direction. Two choices may hang like these bowls containing substances of equal worth but of different qualities. Consequences of past actions may need to be faced or some hidden truth may need to be exposed, yet the consequent freedom, release, and illumination can restore strength, point to the right direction, or lead to the next needed steps. My healing can be released! As the bloody sword here points to earth, so centering yourself, accepting responsibility, and choosing to settle accounts will manifest in earthly reality. Plant clear seeds of thought and reap the rich fruit.
The Hanged Man
Death
Temperance
The Devil
My love, this card you fear can be the image of cosmic evil as well as personal shadow. The inverted pentagram on the boiling cauldron represents lust, greed, materialism, and a domination of the physical over the spiritual. It can be a warning of addiction or overweening pride that comes before a fall. The higher self, pictured here as winged angels, seems captivated and enthralled here in the dark roots of the underworld: one seems exultant and one seems wary. As bondage to the lower nature or institutional evil, this card is a sign of warning; some see the shadow here, however, as a primal creativity that can be harnessed and integrated rather than grow into a hidden, untamed monster. I urge you to speak the truth in love and to separate soul and spirit, to see that light and shadow of the soul is different from right and wrong in society as well as from good and evil in essential spirit. When possible, walk with me through earthly pleasures and earthly treasures, but know that true joy is in my presence and eternal pleasures are at my right hand. Hold loosely to this life and know me as your true desire.
My love, this card you fear can be the image of cosmic evil as well as personal shadow. The inverted pentagram on the boiling cauldron represents lust, greed, materialism, and a domination of the physical over the spiritual. It can be a warning of addiction or overweening pride that comes before a fall. The higher self, pictured here as winged angels, seems captivated and enthralled here in the dark roots of the underworld: one seems exultant and one seems wary. As bondage to the lower nature or institutional evil, this card is a sign of warning; some see the shadow here, however, as a primal creativity that can be harnessed and integrated rather than grow into a hidden, untamed monster. I urge you to speak the truth in love and to separate soul and spirit, to see that light and shadow of the soul is different from right and wrong in society as well as from good and evil in essential spirit. When possible, walk with me through earthly pleasures and earthly treasures, but know that true joy is in my presence and eternal pleasures are at my right hand. Hold loosely to this life and know me as your true desire.
The Tower
The Star
My child, let my inspiration guide you whenever times seem dark. In the wonder of nature or in the longings of your own heart, you can feel the pulse of my unimaginable love and leading. Let you wishes rise up from within, letting me fill you with my desires as you receive a gift of faith, a thanksgiving and happiness that flows in advance. The star at the end of the path is the promised fulfillment of the candle you blow out here to show your intention and trust. You can see the best in others and in difficult situations now, and this faith waters the ground and brings good fruit. As the figure here pours out renewal on the red roses as well as on the withered ones, so your hope, faith, and love are renewed by me both where you feel life and where you feel loss. i restore your soul and fill you with a foretaste of your hopes and dreams. I will light your path with signs of my love and promise and send song birds with messages of hope and renewal.
My child, let my inspiration guide you whenever times seem dark. In the wonder of nature or in the longings of your own heart, you can feel the pulse of my unimaginable love and leading. Let you wishes rise up from within, letting me fill you with my desires as you receive a gift of faith, a thanksgiving and happiness that flows in advance. The star at the end of the path is the promised fulfillment of the candle you blow out here to show your intention and trust. You can see the best in others and in difficult situations now, and this faith waters the ground and brings good fruit. As the figure here pours out renewal on the red roses as well as on the withered ones, so your hope, faith, and love are renewed by me both where you feel life and where you feel loss. i restore your soul and fill you with a foretaste of your hopes and dreams. I will light your path with signs of my love and promise and send song birds with messages of hope and renewal.
The Moon
The Sun
Judgement
The World