Card Number: 3
Rulership: Venus


The promotion of well-being and security.  Creativeness in financial affairs, love and parenthood.  Maternal care, domestic stability, abundance and material wealth.  Fertility, security, achievement of goals and growth.  Depending on surrounding cards - sometimes marriage and pregnancy. Healing. Abundance. Physical love and affection. Mother nature.

The Empress is a card of good fortune. Now is the time to express your creative instincts. Sexual relationships are satisfying. The fruits of your labor are realized and you are now able to surround yourself with beauty and comfort. You are able to share your feelings and give and receive love. If you are expecting a child all will go well.

A woman of importance. A wife, a mother, a woman of influence. A regal woman. Women of power. For a man, the woman of his dreams.

Actions:

giving birth
nourishing life
nurturing and caring for others
cherishing the world
expressing tenderness
working with children

 

enjoying extravagance
receiving lavish reward
luxuriating in plenty
having more than enough
feeling rich

 

giving and receiving pleasure
focusing on the body
appreciating beauty
feeling vibrantly healthy
being earthy
doing physical activity

 

relating to plants and animals
embracing the natural
feeling connected to the Earth
going outdoors
harmonizing with natural rhythms

Reversed:
Blocked development. Failure to thrive. Problems with pregnancy. Refusal to grow. An unwanted  pregnancy. Promiscuity. Prostitutes. Greed. Depression. Suffering. Illness.Infertility.

Generally you are feeling blocked. Your level of comfort may be low or you  may be hanging on to your material possessions instead of sharing with loved ones.
Your mood may be depressed. Money may be tight and you are feeling unable to make ends meet.
A relationship may involve sex without love. This card can be a warning to avoid unsafe sexual practices.