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This card brings me other ideas too - it's not The Empress in such a traditional way. She looks afraid of the power which she holds. I'm not sure from where it's coming but maybe it has something to do with the place - she's in the chamber. There's not much of the nature, only stone animals and dove which came from the crack in the window. The Empress is not in her natural enviroment but anyway, she must deal with it, start to rule from the very unpleasant place. I have this feeling that it can be about being feminine no matter what and no matter when. Even if we're put in the place where we can't show our feminine side, it doesn't mean we lose it. We must be in touch, nurture this, don't let ourselfs afraid.