The Empress is the third card of the Major Arcana, representing creation, nurture, abundance, and the pleasures of the natural world. In this post, we explore her Tarot meanings - light (upright), shadow (reversed), and her symbolic heritage - as well as the many ways she shows up in ideas of motherhood and everyday magic. Here she is, the constant gardener, mother of the world, with the universe as her jewellery. Telling us all to live in our wild, natural bodies and listen to what they’re telling us. Be sensual, be bold, be passionate. But remember, sometimes a new venture cannot begin without destruction to fertilise the ground. If things…