The Emperor

Images from the Laughing Eye Weeping Eye tarot, the Rider-Waite Smith tarot, and the Colorful Tears tarot

If you’ve drawn the Emperor, it’s time to get more methodical in your approach.

What you’re seeking is best achieved by having an action plan. You’re the authority here!

The Emperor knows that organizing the mental sphere brings a clear understanding of how to shape their outer world. To best move forward, you’re asked to use your thoughts and feelings as a framework for making plans.

In your love or personal life, observing other people’s actions can bring you the facts and help you hold command. You’ll need to set boundaries and stay centered.

In a career or life-path reading, the Emperor heralds success when details, steps, and a timeline are all carefully constructed. The Emperor wins through organization and foresight.

The Emperor believes in order, but that doesn’t mean they’re uncaring. The rules you create for yourself or others stress fairness and equality, which enables greater trust. The Emperor brings balance.

The Emperor can be connected to status and power. You may be getting a raise, promotion, or greater recognition. Your mastery leads to gain, and your leadership abilities are rewarded.

When drawn reversed, the Emperor’s need for control becomes their downfall. You could be obsessively fixated on domination or power. Alternatively, you could retreat from ascendancy, lacking faith in yourself or your path. The Emperor reversed asks you to be centered in your sovereignty.

Any way you draw it, this card is the world of control and boundaries. Creating limits gives you greater room to expand.

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Tarot Spread

If you want to dig deeper into the Emperor get them outta your deck, make them your mascot, and draw some cards from the rest of the deck with this tarot spread I created!