The Emperor Meaning: Ancient Wisdom

The Emperor has a form of the Crux ansata for his scepter and a globe in his left hand. He is crowned monarch – commanding, stately, seated on a throne, the arms of which are fronted by rams’ heads. The Emperor is executive and realization, the power of this world, here clothed with the highest of its natural attributes.

He is occasionally represented as seated on a cubic stone, which, however, confuses some of the issues. The Emperor is the virile power, to which the Empress responds, and in this sense is he who seeks to remove the Veil of Isis; yet she remains virgo intacta.

“The Illustrated Key to the Tarot” written by L. W. de Laurence

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