FaerieStorm
This is one of the few arcana in which Lantz chose not to use Moon imagery. In fact, the image is quite light and bright. The lowers in the foreground speak to the Empress' fertility qualities and her connections with abundance and Spring. Her youthful appearance represents the maiden-into-mother aspect of the Empress: the second part of the Triple Goddess--she is the bearer of life and love. The exaggerated crown represents her devine nature; and the grapes kind of connect her with the Fruit of God (or the Goddess).
Howerver, she does not look happy--just complacent. She knows that giving life will inevitably bring death...but she's content with that knowledge, and understands that death will swing back around to life again.
Go Lantz!
Blessed Be, FS
Howerver, she does not look happy--just complacent. She knows that giving life will inevitably bring death...but she's content with that knowledge, and understands that death will swing back around to life again.
Go Lantz!
Blessed Be, FS