THE EMPEROR

THE EMPEROR 

ASTROLOGICAL: Aries
PLANET: Mars
Element: fire

4- The Emperor

Key Words: Responsibility, structure, logic, analysis, action, strength, leadership.

Upright:

  • Embodiment of divine, healthy, aligned masculinity.

  • A call to action, personal power.

  • Responsibility.

  • A refusal to be anything other than authentic yourself.

  • Stability, structure, protection, strength.

  • Focus, discipline, practicality, logic.

  • A person who holds great power.

  • Rationality, analysis over emotion.

  • Take control. Step-up.

  • Maybe suggesting a conservative or wise approach.

  • Ruler of the material world.

  • ‘Confidence of a _____ man’.

Reversed:

  • Blocking the upright energy.

  • Showing off, trying to impress people.

  • Keeping yourself small or quiet when you should be speaking up.

  • Immaturity.

  • Inability to make hard decisions and follow through.

  • Patriarchy, dictatorship.

  • A need to control others or your environment.

  • Stubbornness.

Symbolism:

  • Father archetype.

  • Armor: Was once a knight

  • Ankh: Egyptian symbol of eternal life.

  • Throne: Power and authority.

  • Four Rams: Symbol of Aries.