Oh the shame! 54 days! Let's not dwell on it, though.
The Empress
She is woman personified. She sits in the lap of luxury in cushions and on a throne marked with the symbol for female within a heart - you don't get much more womanly than that! Well, actually, you do. This card is filled with symbols. The corn that grows up around her throne is strong, straight, golden and ripe and so the ground (the foundations for her throne) is very fertile. There are trees in the background, not too densely growing, which would allow for more fresh growth at their feet, especially since their roots are nurtured by a fast flowing stream which cascades into a waterfall that eddies at the base of The Empress's throne. The sky is a sunny yellow, success, happiness, a Good Day for it. And, this hasn't even touched on the Empress her self.
She, wears a fullsome robe of white, decorated with ripe pomegranates (I think) showing all their seeds and pulp - a full rich harvest. She is also pregnant, although my card doesn't show her swollen belly very well (I know that others do) but her pose is very much of a pregnant woman: legs slightly apart / leaning back / resting her hand on her knee. She holds a golden sceptre because she is a queen, no more than that, an empress. She has a crown which has 12 stars which symbolise the zodiac - her children, who are all present in the tarot. And at the base of her crown is a wreath of leaves, because she is in touch with nature (in case we forget it by her regality).
She is the fools earthly mother, The Emperor is her bf.
She is a symbol of fruitfulness, creativity (she is creating a child and she promotes growth), pregnancy (sometimes literally, sometimes in that an idea is brewing), she is joy (III), she is the beginning of something (III), she is perhaps symbolising the beginning of a period of creativity.
She is a GREAT card to start back with!!
HdT