Description

The Empress 

12×18 oil on cradled wood panel 

The Empress and the High Priestess are the two halves of the female archetype in the major arcana. The Empress represents the fertile, life-giving Mother who reigns over the bounty of nature and the rhythms of the Earth. From her comes all the pleasures and joys of the senses and the abundance of new life in all its forms. The Empress encourages you to strengthen your connections with the natural world which is the ground of our being. Too often false sophistication and pleasures take us far from our roots. Let the Empress remind you to keep your feet firmly planted in the Earth.