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The Emperor: http://picasaweb.google.com/Galoregnum/HermeticTarot#5409282940388897602
Son of the morning. Heh. Window.Beneath the Emperors left foot is a bee the alchemical equivalent of a ram. Two wild Himalayan rams' heads one to the upper left and the other at centre right, relate to the sign of Aries which appears at the right. The eagle and the flag combine to suggest a conqueror and the idea of authority. Supernatural powers are suggested at the top of the card by the celestial bodies that personify power and also sudden violent and impermanent activity. The orb surmounted by a Greek cross at the lower left signifies that energy has reached a successful end and that government and/or governmental rule has been firmly established. War. Conquest. Victory. Strife. Ambition. Worldly power.
Son of the morning. Heh. Window.Beneath the Emperors left foot is a bee the alchemical equivalent of a ram. Two wild Himalayan rams' heads one to the upper left and the other at centre right, relate to the sign of Aries which appears at the right. The eagle and the flag combine to suggest a conqueror and the idea of authority. Supernatural powers are suggested at the top of the card by the celestial bodies that personify power and also sudden violent and impermanent activity. The orb surmounted by a Greek cross at the lower left signifies that energy has reached a successful end and that government and/or governmental rule has been firmly established. War. Conquest. Victory. Strife. Ambition. Worldly power.
