watercolor on paper, 5.5" x 8.5"

If ever I had really wanted to understand these cards, this is definitely the way to do it - copy them. A picture is worth a thousand words, really makes sense now. There are Hebrew letters in the leaves of the trees in the background of the Universal Waite and also in the Rider Waite, I can see now. I never saw these before. I have been staring at these cards on and off for almost 50 years...

The colors and shapes create a language of their own that only the subconscious mind will capture -

She is definitely a female - unlike The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, who could be either...

Gematria

On a side note, I want to mention that I am aware of Gematria, however I am not going to take the time to learn it - as it is insane - at least for my artist's mind - but I do know that the priest-class in Judaism is very much entwined with Gematria.

In addition to this, I will add Vortex Math to that mystery - which is why I sited Lord Osiron - to this mix. He did extensive study of Tarot & Kabbalah on his now Odyssee channel - if anyone is interested in delving deeper into all that.

@Lord_Osiron:e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://odysee.com/@Lord_Osiron:e

@Lord_Osiron:e/the-infinite-nature-of-8,-and-why-shakti:3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://odysee.com/@Lord_Osiron:e/the-infinite-nature-of-8,-and-why-shakti:3 Here is one of his proof videos - @Lord_Osiron:e/god-is-a-woman-the-immortal-goddess-and:4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://odysee.com/@Lord_Osiron:e/god-is-a-woman-the-immortal-goddess-and:4 not the original video, but one of them.

Yellow Background:

Solar Plexus - The Will & the will aligned. This is the same yellow sky of the Magician card.

10 Trees

The green trees of the forest are a symbol of Nature’s bounty. In total there are ten trees, symbolic of each sephirot or emanation in Kabbalah. Two of the trees are lighter in color which are symbolic of the two highest chakras which provide our channel to the spiritual world, and manifestation. These chakras are the third eye chakra and crown chakra. This is the exoteric deck. In the esoteric deck, the trees are all the same color.

Hebrew Letters in the trees - Universal Waite -

I see Lamed, Dalet, Yod, and Khaf in the trees of the exoteric deck.

Dalet - is the only letter in the esoteric deck and it is in the lower right.

Golden Hair

The hair of the Empress is yellow, like the Fool. This implies solar energy and radiance. Both characters, the Fool and Empress radiate sunny positive vibes, optimism and good health.

Green Wreath

She wears a wreath of myrtle leaves, just below her crown.  Myrtle was sacred to the goddess of love Venus and Aphrodite. In the middle ages, it was worn by brides as a head dress to symbolize marriage, fertility and erotic love.

Scepter with Orb, held in her Left Hand

AE Waite writes, “The scepter which she bears is surmounted by the globe of this world.” She is “all that is symbolized by the visible house of man.” In other words, unlike the High Priestess who glides between this world and other dimensions, the Empress is very much connected to earth. This is why she is associated with Taurus, a practical and sensual zodiac sign. To emphasis this point, Waite points out that the Empress is “not Regina coeli” – a Latin reference to the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. Rather, he states she is still “refugium peccatorum”, The Virgin Mary as the refuge of sinners. Left hand - receiver of power. In other words, the Empress is more down to earth and real. She is not “the soul that has attained wings,” Waite concludes. The Empress is someone we can aspire to be, in this life.

Heart Shield

A heart shield lies at the foot of the Empress. The shield bears the astrology glyph of Venus, ruler of Taurus. Venus was a mythological Roman Goddess associated with love, beauty and desire.

Placement is different in the exoteric deck.

Gown

The Empress wears a white dress decorated with 44 pomegranate fruits. The pomegranate is a universal symbol of fertility because of its numerous seeds. It is often assumed that the Empress hides a pregnant belly beneath her dress, because she is the archetypical mother. Her pregnancy can be read in the literal sense, but also metaphorical when it comes to interpreting this card in a Tarot reading. She can also represent the birth of creativity and good ideas.

The White gown has the same blue shadows as are in the Mountains of the Fool and the White Tunic of the High Priestess - which shows that the Empress is of God - The Creator - not some alien - this is about the True God - which must exist for the Jews at some level, but there is confusion about who the Creator is because of The Watchers and the nephilum.

I would suggest that the lower caste of Jewish people worship The Creator while the priest-class think they are getting away with something by worshiping the watchers and the nephilim, hence King Solomon's relationship with Asmodeus.

Left Red Shoe

Ultimately, the occult meaning of red shoes is dualistic, representing either spiritual power and transformation or destructive vanity and evil, depending on the specific tradition and the context in which they appear. She is a Royal - a Nephilum. Perhaps it is a warning. Some "Royals" may have tried to escape their fate as satanists.

12 6-Pointed Stars

The Empress wears a large golden diadem crown, decorated with twelve stars. The stars represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, of the Solar Cult which is the origin of this deck and the current rulers now. The Lunar Cult has 13 moons. 12 hours of day and night. Thus the Empress becomes symbolic of the seasons, growth, decay and the passage of time. The 6-pointed star is the balance of male and female - the chalice and the blade.

7 pearls

on necklace. Pearls are associated with words of wisdom.

River and waterfall

on the right, cutting back into the woods behind. The River is an endless supply of water, emotion, and intuition, bending toward it's Source on the left but coming into consciousness as the blue waterfall which gathers in a pool, in a subtle reference to the act of love making and the combining of male and female energies to create a new life, and to the High Priestess, blue tunic, and the blue shadows in the Mountains of The Fool Card - Intuition.

Wheat, ready for harvest

A ripe field of yellow wheat stretches before the Empress. For centuries, wheat has been considered a symbol of wealth, luck and prosperity because of it’s importance as a crop for feeding populations. Blooming fields of wheat crop were a sign of the earth’s fertility.

According to the book of Enoch, Semjaza taught the black art of enchantments, and how to cut roots, and how to multiply vegetation: agriculture.

Women were closely associated with wheat, because they used it to make bread to feed their families. 2 wheat stalks point upward to the Sceptor with the Orb.

Esoteric B.O.T.A. Empress has a lot more different imagery - very interesting.

Yellow shoe, Breast plate - who knows?, her foot is on the crescent moon - from the High Priestess Card, (perhaps this is to reference the High Priestess instead of the Pomegranite Gown pattern) the Sceptor is in her right hand... The Holy Spirit is in her Heart Shield flying down and out toward us - and there are 8 trees and she is sitting on a stone chair rather than on poofy pillows, wearing a solid green robe, Green being the color of Nature. 5 Red roses on her side and the Goat Head embellishment on the leg of her seat, as in the Emporer.

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