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The Cosmic Tribe Tarot - Empress
Deck by Stevee Postman, book by Eric Ganther
Images Copyright © 1998 Stevee Postman
Published by Destiny Books, Rochester VT
ISBN: 0-89281-700-3



FYI, there is much nudity, some very mild sexual imagery, and lots of in your face playfulness and challenges!

The Empress sits in a field of daisies, perched upon a daisy. She raises her head and face to the sun (Add an aluminum reflector and she's ready to tan). But a moon rises behind her hand. A corona of small golden spheres floats around her head. Her legs are part of the daisy field.

This is a young Empress. Her breasts are barely developed. A dark triangle at her mons suggests pubic hair, and one daisy floats over her umbilicus, suggesting the onset of fertility. A bee sits upon her knee (funny, this is the first time I've noticed this)...so clearly, she's ripe for fertilization!

This is a powerful Empress to me. She is ripe and full of promise. She has not yet fulfilled her potential; she is still self-absorbed and full of contemplating her own fertility. She is possibility itself. She's not yet been disappointed and trodden on by life.

With that said, I usually think of the Empress as the Queen of Queens; one who is the maturity of all the Queens. This young Empress has not yet mastered all of those challenges.


Blessings all,

Janet