Through the correct reading or interpretation of the arcana of the Tarot, we can know fragments of the future or have notions of our most immediate destiny. Next, you will learn, in detail, the meaning of Arcanum IV, The Emperor, in relation to his life and future.
This major arcana symbolizes the companion of the Great Mother (The Empress), the Great Heavenly Father, the will and the cosmic power. It represents the great gods of Greek and Roman mythology, Zeus and Jupiter. Although it is also associated with the sign Aries, the planet Jupiter; the element Earth and the season of autumn.
It is the genuine representative of patriarchy in its purest conception and essence, on which the traditional values of the family are based, the authority acquired by inheritance, the well-being, the protection of its subjects or descendants, the solid and firm power, the rigid hand that, without weaknesses or doubts, guides the ship to a safe port.
When this arcane appears head up, it shows a strong, determined, ambitious character, with a desire for prominence and to achieve power, popularity and fame, without being inhibited by the obligations and responsibilities acquired. It represents the authority, the influential, those who have the mission to help or protect.
It is a card that generally means help, favors, achievements, support that can be counted on or that you will get thanks to your good work and impeccable conduct. It also represents wealth, obtaining important achievements (positions or positions of merit), the ability to conquer what is covetedsigning important contracts that will serve to stabilize its future and provide it with economic security.
Personally, this card reveals the authoritarian person (even radical and intolerant at times), indomitable, ambitious, extremely selfish, very capable of sacrificing everything for power and material benefits.
When this arcane appears upside down, the support you had will be lost (if the card was right) or the desired help will not be obtained. It also means lack of maturity and little will, depending on low passions or ambitions.
There is a touch of alert about the possible loss of assets, business or property, instability in healthimpotence (at any level with a preponderance of sexuality), various insecurities, despotism, brawls, lack of family or marital harmony and a tendency to command and direct with absolutism, injustice and contempt for those who are below.
On the sexual side, it indicates a strong attraction to lewd-worldly emotions, pageantry, a spectacular social life, short-lived romances and placid adventures in which sex plays a more important role than feelings and love.
It is the quintessential symbolism of virility, of the phallic cult, of the seeker of new and exciting circumstances.. Although he will not make the mistake of sacrificing anything that has cost him to achieve: marriage, family, work well-being, among others… in exchange for a little pleasure and sex.
So don’t worry if The Emperor is in your spread, because it is usually a positive card for your life in most aspects. In addition, this card is the eternal lover of money, power, influence and the fair sex. However, he will almost never subject himself to an adventure, no matter how intense, that is not in accordance with his interests..