Your Tarot Card of the Year: The Empress
If the digits of your birthday this year add up to 3, your Card of the Year is The Empress
What The Empress is All About
The Empress embodies abundance, creativity, and the lush rhythms of the natural world. She is the archetypal nurturer, reminding us that growth comes from care, patience, and a willingness to create space for beauty. In the Major Arcana’s story, she follows the High Priestess by bringing intuitive wisdom into the physical realm. What we sense within can now be cultivated and birthed into reality. The Empress signals a year where pleasure and creativity can take center stage. Turn on that spotlight!
How to Work with Empress Energy
To embrace the Empress’s energy, make nurturing a practice. This can mean nurturing yourself through rest, nurturing others through care and presence, or nurturing projects by giving them steady attention. Let yourself savor the small luxuries -- good food, time in nature, music, art -- without guilt. The Empress doesn’t equate productivity with worth; instead, she asks you to notice all the wonderful flourishing you can do when you slow down and allow things to grow organically. Creativity and care are always available resources, no matter what changes around you.
The Empress’s Advice
“Whatever you feed will grow and blossom. Choose wisely.”
The Empress’s message over the next year is that energy flows where attention goes, so be deliberate about where you put your time and energy! If you’re drained, ask whether you’ve been pouring parts of yourself into places that can’t (or won’t) nourish you back. If you focus on what feels fertile and life-affirming, abundance can’t help but follow.
How does this year fit into your journey?
