A short but significant post, Fulgour.
In a small number of posts, I have at times either mentioned or indicated that the placing or ordering of the Emperor in relation to the Empress makes of him either turning his back to the Pope, or indeed facing him... all this when the cards are placed in sequence. The direction towards the left or the right also, of course, indicating whether Greek/Roman or Hebrew is used.
If, then, in the vernacular, his back faces the Spiritual, and the Empress appears on the 'wrong' side. If we follow the series in Hebrew letter fashion, he faces the higher realms, and a 'correct' depiction of the Empress and Emperor is maintained.
An indication of the various and simultaneous possibilities given the three scripts used during mediaeval times (Hebrew, Greek and Roman - as also found in the word 'AZOTh') thus gives us further hints as to possible allegories based on card sequence.