L’IMPERATORE (The Emperor) Tarot Print by Malleus
L’Imperatore (The Emperor) is the fourth card of the Arcani Maggiori.
Four is the number that symbolizes the physical world, it is a practical and material number and whoever owns it is orderly and meticulous and practical.
It represents concreteness, practical sense, the ability to develop our ideas understood in the tangible world.
Thus, L’Imperatore is the symbol of stability and authority.
At first glance it may seem like the male transposition of l’Imperatrice (the Empress), but it is only figuratively so, because the energy it emanates is totally different.
He is the one who realizes the creativity of the Empress.
L’Imperatore appears, like L’Imperatrice (the Empress), in three-quarter view, mirroring the previous card.
In his hand he holds the sword which, above the handle in the shape of a goat’s skull, encloses the sphere of command, a globe which recalls both his earthly power and his justice in exercising it: the Emperor’s power is absolute, it’s a universal dominion tending towards a return to unity.
Behind him, on a shield, unfolds the coat of arms of the heraldic eagle.
The right hand holds the sword, while the left side of him (the one linked to emotions, feelings, intuitions) is almost hidden, ready to carry the shield with the eagle which represents pride, courage and royalty.
With l’Imperatore, our deepest self, after having managed to create with the help of the Empress, pauses to reflect on what has been created. It is the secret of greatness, luxury and respect.
L’Imperatore, self-confident, authoritarian, powerful and irrepressible, wears an armor similar to a samurai and a helmet with goat horns to represent his will to dominate all the others, aware of his strength and of his power, albeit for the good of all.
✵Print is 16.5"x27"
✵Print will be shipped rolled.
L’Imperatore (The Emperor) is the fourth card of the Arcani Maggiori.
Four is the number that symbolizes the physical world, it is a practical and material number and whoever owns it is orderly and meticulous and practical.
It represents concreteness, practical sense, the ability to develop our ideas understood in the tangible world.
Thus, L’Imperatore is the symbol of stability and authority.
At first glance it may seem like the male transposition of l’Imperatrice (the Empress), but it is only figuratively so, because the energy it emanates is totally different.
He is the one who realizes the creativity of the Empress.
L’Imperatore appears, like L’Imperatrice (the Empress), in three-quarter view, mirroring the previous card.
In his hand he holds the sword which, above the handle in the shape of a goat’s skull, encloses the sphere of command, a globe which recalls both his earthly power and his justice in exercising it: the Emperor’s power is absolute, it’s a universal dominion tending towards a return to unity.
Behind him, on a shield, unfolds the coat of arms of the heraldic eagle.
The right hand holds the sword, while the left side of him (the one linked to emotions, feelings, intuitions) is almost hidden, ready to carry the shield with the eagle which represents pride, courage and royalty.
With l’Imperatore, our deepest self, after having managed to create with the help of the Empress, pauses to reflect on what has been created. It is the secret of greatness, luxury and respect.
L’Imperatore, self-confident, authoritarian, powerful and irrepressible, wears an armor similar to a samurai and a helmet with goat horns to represent his will to dominate all the others, aware of his strength and of his power, albeit for the good of all.
✵Print is 16.5"x27"
✵Print will be shipped rolled.
L’Imperatore (The Emperor) is the fourth card of the Arcani Maggiori.
Four is the number that symbolizes the physical world, it is a practical and material number and whoever owns it is orderly and meticulous and practical.
It represents concreteness, practical sense, the ability to develop our ideas understood in the tangible world.
Thus, L’Imperatore is the symbol of stability and authority.
At first glance it may seem like the male transposition of l’Imperatrice (the Empress), but it is only figuratively so, because the energy it emanates is totally different.
He is the one who realizes the creativity of the Empress.
L’Imperatore appears, like L’Imperatrice (the Empress), in three-quarter view, mirroring the previous card.
In his hand he holds the sword which, above the handle in the shape of a goat’s skull, encloses the sphere of command, a globe which recalls both his earthly power and his justice in exercising it: the Emperor’s power is absolute, it’s a universal dominion tending towards a return to unity.
Behind him, on a shield, unfolds the coat of arms of the heraldic eagle.
The right hand holds the sword, while the left side of him (the one linked to emotions, feelings, intuitions) is almost hidden, ready to carry the shield with the eagle which represents pride, courage and royalty.
With l’Imperatore, our deepest self, after having managed to create with the help of the Empress, pauses to reflect on what has been created. It is the secret of greatness, luxury and respect.
L’Imperatore, self-confident, authoritarian, powerful and irrepressible, wears an armor similar to a samurai and a helmet with goat horns to represent his will to dominate all the others, aware of his strength and of his power, albeit for the good of all.
✵Print is 16.5"x27"
✵Print will be shipped rolled.
