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Major arcanum · 3 of the 22
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The Empress

Arcanum 3: The Empress
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The Divine Mother crowned with twelve stars: the light itself, the rhythm of the Creator, bringing forth both material and spiritual fruit.

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In the Master’s words

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What the card shows

In the centre there is a woman crowned with twelve stars (1 + 2 = 3), which represents the 12 zodiacal signs, the 12 doors of the Holy City the 12 keys of Basil Valentine, the 12 worlds of the Solar System of Ors. Upon her head there is a vessel, and arising from it a Serpent, symbol of Mastery indicating that she is arisen.

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 3

Its esoteric meaning

The number 3 is the Empress, the Divine Light, the light itself; it is the Divine Mother. It relates to that part of Genesis which says: “And God said: Let there be light: and there was light.” (Genesis 1.3) from the first day of creation. It is also the number of the Third Logos which dominates every form of creation; it is the rhythm of the Creator. The Celestial Mother in the material sphere signifies material output, and in the spiritual sphere means spiritual output.

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 3

His synthesis

The Empress: The Divine Mother “Spiritual and material production.”

— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 86, Prediction and synthesis

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