CARD OF THE DAY: February 16, 2022

 

 The Empress

The Light and Shadow Tarot

Brian Williams with art by Michael Goepferd

 

February 16, 2022: The cards in The Light and Shadow Tarot's gorgeous black-and-white deck are so large, you might feel moved to frame and hang them rather than shuffle and read them. A bit large for shuffling, I find, but so intriguing, you can definitely feel their energy and hear their stories.

A most welcome card to get, in any case, is The Empress, as I have long held onto what a Tarot teacher once told our class: The Empress blesses every layout in which she appears, turns any iffy or negative situation to something positive. As you can imagine, when The Empress comes to call, it's lovely to be able to reassure a worried querent.

Artist Michael Goepferd's Empress strikes me as being alert, active, a vision rising from the natural world--waves, fish, birds, sheaves of wheat arrayed around her, the flower in her left hand, the pelican whose head she cups with her right hand. Note the bottom of card where enthroned royalty represent each of Tarot's four elemental tools--Swords/Air, Wands/Fire, Cups/Water, Pentacles/Earth. Each has extraordinary powers, but all are ruled by her, and it is she who deploys them.

So, when The Empress shows up, all bow, ready to do her bidding.

Focus on how a situation might be turned around, and seek her favor.

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