In this figure all the mo ther goddesses of the ancient world are syn thesized, but she is particularly Aphrodite, or Venus. She is the Great Mo ther, pregnant with the world of form. By contrast with the High Priestess, who is a cold, virgin frgure corresponding to the moon, the Empress is warm and maternal. In Tarot, the Empress represents the inner side of the process which establishes order, and the Key fbllowing it in the series has to do with the outer side of the same process. This, you will see, is in agreement with some of the meanings of the number 3 given in the preceding lesson. TAROT FUNDAMENTALS Lesson Ten THE EMPRESS 'I'he noun 'empress' comes from a Latin root meaning 'to set in order, to arrange'.
0 kommentar(er)
