T A R O T - the E M P R E S S

The Empress for 's Tarot Card Project: "Think of the Children". The Cards will be printed either as a Tarot deck or as an artbook and sold online. The profits will go towards charity, so please support this project. The finished cards all look gorgeous so far ~ You can see the rest of the finished cards, as well as the list of participating artists at [link]

Meaning of the card: The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her. (copied from [link] )

The coloring is inspired by Kidchan, although I'm nowhere as good as her.