IV - The Emperor

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IV - The Emperor

Keywords

Great Father. Responsibility. Leadership. Authority. Power. Structure. Administration. Organisation. Courage. Fatherhood. Foundation. Stability. Endurance. Practicality. Decisiveness. Boundaries. Masculinity. Rigidity. Ambition. Domination. Megalomania.

Themes

There is a need to attend to the Inner Father. In your world, are you capable and potent? Is your ethical code strong, yet flexible and merciful? Or does it lack empathy - and needs to be overthrown?
The same work may need to be done on your culture and government.

Comparisons

0, I, II, III are of the unconscious. IV is conscious.

He offers the order that may balance the fecundity of The Empress. The four elements. The four seasons. The four directions. The four parts of the day.

Notes & Quotes

The Emperor embodies all four Kings of the Minor Arcana (Cups, Pentacles, Swords, Wands).

"The Emperor is both Son and Lord." (Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki)

"We sometimes see drawings or paintings of a king seated on a throne, holding a staff or sceptre in his right hand and an orb or sphere in the left. The sceptre and orb represent the masculine and feminine principles.
The masculine principle is always symbolized by a straight line, a sceptre or caduceus, a pillar, tree, mountain or peak. The feminine principle is symbolized by a sphere, or by a round, hollow object such as a vase or chalice, or a chasm or cave. And the king who is holding the symbols of the two principles is not an earthly king; he is a spiritual king, an initiate who has a profound understanding of the science of the masculine and feminine, and who knows how to unite them within himself in order to create."
(O.M. Aïvanhov)

Also see:-

Major Arcana

Tarot

Maps of Consciousness articles

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