Abundance- The Empress

In this episode, Nicole and Rootz discuss The Empress and how her archetype plays out in our journey here on earth. They share personal stories of trials and tribulations they encountered when working with her. They also honor the goddess with a meditation and a reading from one of Nicole's favorite books, "Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic" by Lisa Lister.

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Hi, and welcome back to navigating your story with the terror archetypes. In this episode. Roots and I will be discussing the emperors. And the archetype of fertility and abundance. For any of you that are new to taro? The Empress has the number three. And comes after the high precess in the major Arcana. In our discussion roots and I share personal stories. And what it was like for us to experience the Empress. And then we get real on what happens. When you think you're manifesting the Empress. Only to find out. You're manifesting the tower energy. Through our discussion. We realize it is very important to get clear. On your original intentions. And see if there's any shadow driven motives. But like always. Life is a school. So no worries. If this happens to you, like it did for us. Because we're all here to learn. I hope you find comfort in our personal stories of experiencing the Empress archetype. So pour yourself a cup of tea. Or a glass of wine as you join us. For our discussion. We come from the God and you shall return like a drop, uh, re. So going to you, Shannon, who fin hone in on all that, I shall be going like a drop of free flowing through you and hall booth. And on all that, I shall be Erie. We're going to go into the garden of the emperors and we're going to get to meet her. Take a moment. Just breathe. Appreciate the emphasis, the divine mother of the goddess. However it is that resonates within your soul to appreciate her for having given these gifts to you. She's encouraging you to breathe, feel into it again, appreciation for all that. She's brought you. She birthed you. And in all these ways, she has nourished you and giving you love support care. Now in your mind's eye. Go ahead and visualize white marble directly in front of you on the ground as a flood. Now walk through, walk through this atypical Grecian Roman style building with the nice tall white pillars. As you walk, you start to notice greenery all around. You start to be able to be with a beautiful garden space, full of vibrant flowers. And as you walk around, you may notice a fountain and as you walk over to it almost by a perfect mirror of time, there she is the Empress divine mother, the goddess, and she beckons you to sit in a chair of some sort next to her. It's a beautiful moment to catch up. Isn't it look at all the things that we've created and look at all the things yet to do. Now here's my question to you. What is it that you truly want next in this experience of your growth? Can have anything you like literally any speak it and it is. So I love you that much. And I want you to sit here for three breaths and carry into whatever it is you want in this next of evolution. beyond the lookout. Watch the little birds, listen to the signs. It'll all align. As you come online, she encourages you to make your way back out. And it's the solemn farewell. You might walk back through the maze, looking at the garden. One last time back through the marble steps back into the room that you presently are in. Thank you mother. Thank you. Ciao. I don't know about you, Nicole, but I'm a little teary-eyed. That was really beautiful. It was exactly how I picture the environment of the Empress. What do we do like to meet her? Because she truly is the mother of that major Arcana. If I was to meet her as a character, I do envision her garden would be full of flowers and, vegetables and tons of prosperity just within her yard. I do picture, birds flying over and this, magical garden place. You talked about walking up this marble staircase to meet her and how she would sit you down. And, and want to hear everything you have to say. I've always pictured that with the Empress. I pictured Marvel staircases, of course. I feel like she's married to the emperor, so they have a really great kingdom and she's one of those people that enjoys the comforts of home. She would sit down comfortably and elegantly and grounded and then offer a hand for you to join her. She would talk very calmly, very grounded and would listen. She be really balanced and speaking and listening. She would offer us that beautiful mama, divine, feminine energy that we need for nurturing and for, growth back to that prosperity I was envisioning it being a chaise lounge and just having that mold. We'll be able to be with her and that alone being so healing because like, again, mother energy What do you feel her RQ type is? Well, she's the architect, the mother, she's the archetype of birthing energy and creating to create, because I want to create. She's abundance. She is creativity and she is fertility. She's the representation of all things. Fertility, not just fertility for women, birthing a child, but fertility and, a creative project. Fertility in plants you're growing. She truly represents that prosperous soil that anything can grow on a dream, a vision, a creative project, any of it, she's just this really fertile soil for that to grow and, block. Do you want to share a story of when the, Burris showed up in your life? Okay. Well, you know, as, as, as our case with this particular, room, this week has been a lot of birthing, a lot of transformation I've received so much in ways of abundance, of like people giving me things that they didn't need or needed or something of that sort. Just a very simple one. I got given one grill that completely works fine. It just happens to be. Okay. And then I got given another grill cause I was like, I don't really want that one. I want something else. And then I got given another grill that is also a little broken, but it's like, what is the chances of literally being given two grills right after somebody said, Hey, I wanted to grill somebody else in my life said that they wanted a grill. And so I was like, okay, I'll collect a grill. And now I have a grill. Wow. Which is abundance. And being able to cook things on the abundance, you know, it's beautiful. And that's, that's just this week, but synchronicities like that consistently aligned, I had two different people come up to me saying that they wanted to find my jewelry and it was Spitfire right after each other. And I was like, wait, what. And so now I'm working on more. I saw you do a post to, you had, found that really cool, jewelry stand that you could hang your, oh my God, do you want that story? That one was so amazing. Okay. So in my dream time, one night I was experiencing the sight of a mask. And like I had already seen this mask in a thrift store a couple of days before, but what was interesting was that there was like a bunch of these types of masks. And as the dream went on, this one mask kept coming back into my life. And I was like, why, why are you here? So the next day I literally went off to the store to go find it. Now I had said that, yes, I needed a jewelry stand. I at the store, I found that. And then I walked back around the store and I'm like, well, what else do I need from in here? And I was like, oh great. I need something to hang my jewelry on. And then I walked right back to where the mask was like doing a whole circle around, uh, an aisle and then came back to where the mask was. And not even like maybe six inches away from that mask was a very simple jewelry display that has space for, well over like 36 pairs of earrings and some necklaces right next to the mask that was just dancing in my dreams. Like I listened. Right. This is part of that intuition of like listening to what's there to be listened to. and then I got an amazing jewelry thing. This is the other part it may not be perfect, but it's something that we can make into being perfect. That's one of the energies that I always feel we talk about the Everest is that new things are coming into your life, but they may not be fully perfect. So then you get to put effort into, is this really what you want? It's not like she was born abundant. I believe she was given something, had a vision. And planted the seeds to really grow and create what it is. She wanted to create her magical garden that you go into when you visit her. I see her walking up to land that was maybe just grass and like a lot of weeds. but the soil was good soil and she saw the potential. And so therefore she created what it is that she had in her dream. And I think that's important for the emperor's archetype. When she showing up in your life, it's at a point where everything is blossoming, they, you had created a few cards back when you started the fool's journey. she's showing up when you had that vision and that dream at the very beginning of this hero's journey and said, this is what I want. This is what I'm ready to create. you met the magician and the magician showed you the tools, the magician might've given you the rakes and the shovels and the seeds to plant. And then you met the high precess. And so you meditated on it and you tuned into what the universe was trying to give you that guidance. Like when the moon is full, you want to plant the seed here or when. When the changing winds and the seasons changed, this is the best time to plant it. That's what the high priestess is about. And so you take all that knowledge and in that journey, you plant the seeds and then the emperor shows up saying, you have done your work, and now you can really enjoy what it has birthed, but I don't believe she showed up. And it was already this luscious garden. No, she showed up when the land had great potential, but you had to use the tools and your intuition and the work to really create the dream that you wanted. Wow, absolutely. And, you know, I think that's that, that linked directly back very well of like how no matter whatever it is that we get, it really is about. You discovering if that really brings you happiness and then going full force after it? Do you have a story particularly of the emphasis energy coming into your life? You know, I'm going to tell a story of the opposite of the Empress and yeah. You know how we discussed, how the emperor showed up to a piece of land and she knew that it was fertile soil and that she could create what she envisioned off of that land. Have you ever had a moment where, like you thought you saw the potential and then you like kept trying and trying, but it just wasn't growing or prospering the way you had wanted it to? Me too. I kind of want to take it there for a moment my husband and I, we got this home and I felt the emperor. When I first came here, I saw the land and I saw the potential that it could be in the home and itself. And I was like, oh, this is, this is that we're going to grow our family. We're going to grow our home here. For those of you listening, we actually decided a few weeks ago, we finally came to acceptance, that it is time for us to move and something that I noticed for Steve and I is when we got to this whole. We did try to grow. We did try, but there was some blocks that just kept happening and I realized that the soil that I had thought it was wasn't as fertile as I had originally, predicted I guess, or had thought it would be or thought it was going to. So now I'm in the fool where we're starting on a new journey again, to try and find that place that will bring us the fertility we're looking for, that will bring us the place that we can grow into. We just hit a lot of roadblocks and I was kind of thinking about that a little bit because sometimes we do get things and we do try and it's just not meant to be. I wonder, why do you think that happens? Oh, my God got you. Gosh, you covered that was just talking about this last night. Seriously. So when those types of things happen, it's like, yes, there was a good moment. There was a good lesson in there. And often we forget that it has been important for us to recognize when it's actually time to go all too often, we try to, so, so, so the seeds and they just won't grow well, then you really have to recognize or see within yourself, like, what was the intention? Where is your intention or desire? Like if you don't have that flame of like, yes, this is what I want. This is what I want to create. At least for the moment of the creation, you really have to start asking, what, what do you really want then? What are you actually creating? And it's about really being authentic with yourself and everyone around you about what do you really want? It's interesting. Cause there is the duality of the emperor is birthing things. You get the good things and then you also get the other side, which is the lessons and both are necessary. Right. So like, even with you, with your home, I'm positive that there's so many different lessons that you've learned about like how you want your house to look or how you want your house to feel. I've been doing this thing, it's the 3, 6, 9 method of recognizing your intuition. Like did we go over this last week? I don't think so, actually. So tell us what is the 3, 6, 9 method? So 3, 6, 9 is you've got three seconds to identify with. And whether it's it's for you or against you. And the six is this six seconds of the dueling voices. Thought might be, I should go work out. The Julian voice might be like, no, don't do that. Or maybe it'll be like, oh wait, no, 10 more minutes, of doing whatever you're doing, especially when it comes to social media scrolling. So there's that voice. And then there's the. You shouldn't have another brownie and then the other one might be like, well, no, we really shouldn't do that because we're working on our diet and working on a thing here. And so that's the three seconds to recognize the voice that, Hey, I've got a thought or I've got a thing coming in. Then you've got the six seconds, which is the response to that first thought. And then at nine, you get to discover your stand or what you're wanting to create for yourself and for your life all too often, we just like go with the first voice or maybe we have an anxiety attack. I don't know if anybody else. Yeah, no, that happens to me. So the way to create the stand right there is if you have a stand for yourself, like, you know, you're purposely here working on creating, like for me, I'm working on creating a diet. So even though I have four packs of brownie mix, I have not made any brownies because I am just not letting myself, because I know the instant that I make one it's already done, I'm going to get the rest of them. It's recognizing your ability to make a choice and to make a change for yourself. So at that ninth, second, that's when you get to really discover what is your stand and what are you wanting to create for your life? That's my 360 9 method in cool that I really do. I'm going to give that a try. I like how that last part is about what you really want to create from that thought. I want to go back for a second to what you were saying about the lessons. Cause you made me reflect on my house and I thought I was going to experience the embrace and then what ended up happening was we're walking away. I actually see that you said lessons, like maybe I experienced with my house, the abundance of the lessons that came with it. And I think that's true. I think that when we have moments where we see potential, but then we keep hitting all this resistance, or it's just not growing the way we had originally planned for it to grow. It doesn't mean that you walked away with nothing. If anything, if my house is an example, just like what you said, roots, it gave me abundance. And knowing that I'm now going to head to a home and I'm clearer on what it is I want in a home. So now the next home I get is going to be even more of what I'm looking for. Even more of that abundant, prosperous fruit that I'm grabbing from the tree. That really goes back to seeing the abundance all around us. Gratitude is really important because if you practice gratitude, instead of seeing the glass half empty, you're going to see the glass half full everywhere you go. And when you align with the glass half full you're, then going to experience more of that full. You're going to experience more of that prosperity. Even in a, situation, where I thought I saw us prospering and building off of and creating this wonderful garden, it didn't show up. It showed up in other ways where now we're headed towards the next place. So abundance truly is all around us. We just have to pay attention to it. And the meditation where we're being brought into this reflection of appreciation for all the stuff that has surrounded us. And, you know, just to chime in on that, like, like with your house, right? So there were some things that really are amazing for you. And there's other things that like, wow, that is such a deal breaker. And, and then you get to really discover, like, what is your yes. And what is your. Period and that's okay. Whatever it is, whatever, however it is. And however it works for you. For me, whenever I got my pop-up it was basically one room. And it, for those of you who don't know, I live in a pop-up camper in the middle of the woods and I love it. It came to me basically bare bones, like straight, hard floor, not even hard floor, it was just plywood, just straight plywood. And I had to redo it. Right. But that came to me again through the manifestation of calling in for something. And then now I'm on my sixth iteration of what the inside of it looks like. yesterday I literally went and I was like, it's spring cleaning. It's time to start a new here, new year, new house. Like I used to, whenever I lived in a house, I would rearrange what my, what my bedroom looked like every month. Your external environment reflects your internal being. And so, I created space for myself now to be more comfortable in my house in a way that I didn't realize that I was uncomfortable. In function way. That's really important. Your environment truly does for flags, how you were doing on the inside. And I got to tell you my son signs a cancer. So like, my home is like my domain. And when my home is, you know, like my laundry baskets overflowing, I haven't really cleaned the bathrooms or I got dishes in the same grill. Yeah, it's just all the stuff everywhere. I always know. I'm like, whoa, what's going on internally. I always do. When I look at my home and I see things falling apart, like I'm not really taking care of it as much. I always know. I'm like crap. I'm in a place where I'm really not taking care of myself. And then it's so interesting. Cause when I get to a better place, all of a sudden my home looks all organized and vacuumed and it's a whole new world and it's like, it really, the art environment truly is a mirror to us and what we're going through. I think that's a great place to start. So let's talk about that for a minute. Roots. If you want to bring abundance into your life and prosperity, would you recommend that you first start with, clearing out what doesn't serve you anymore in your home, and then clearing out what doesn't serve you in yourself. In that empty space, that where you got rid of what no longer served you, you can now plant new seeds for what does serve you. You just said everything I could possibly have said, Here's my, my 2 cents on, since you asked for it. So like I said, I'm living in this camper. I've been in this camper for a year. Right. And for those of y'all who've been around the block, you know, that a rolling stone gathers no Moss. Well, if you're sitting here for a year, you gather some loss. And what I found as I went through everything, and as I've heard girls that I've heard. Yeah, two full wheelbarrows, full of amazing, beautiful things. I recognize that I don't have to hold on to things because I only need three blankets. The fact that I had eight was ridiculous. Right. I mean, it was good for winter, but let's face it. I'm in Florida, so I don't need eight blankets. I needed to that's it. And that's just one example of my life. So getting to the point is you, when you start to recognize, Hey, does this actually bring me joy? Like Marie Kondo talks about if it brings you joy, hold on to it. If it's just another charge, key or thing that you're holding onto, because somebody gave it to you once upon a time. It's up to you. Do you really want to keep that thing to have a chotsky thing? Or are you going to use it? Because if it works, it works. If it doesn't bring you joy because ultimately if you plant things in your house that bring you joy, what else do you think you're going to get besides more joy is you're purposely looking for joy, right? Let us create a universe given by truth and beauty. So when we give that, when we create truth, beauty and goodness in our environment, we can then reflect that within ourselves. And then we also reflect that into the rest of the world. when we see the glass half empty, we're aligning with we'd never have enough. And so therefore that's all we're going to see is we never have enough. And the art of giving the art of like going through your closet and, getting rid of clothes that no longer serve you, and I'm not even just saying clothes that no longer serve you, cause you might not fit in them anymore. I'm talking about clothes that don't serve you because they remind you of a time when you're not that person anymore, you've evolved. You've grown and you look at that outfit. And you're like, ah, that reminds me of like the time when I was like that. And I'm so different from who she was. So it's time to get rid of that outfit and bringing it to the local, thrift shop or the local salvation army. Say we have that apple tree in our backyard, it's great to go pick and eat those apples yourself. But it's even better when you go and pick those apples. And then you make like apple pie and you have someone over and you, you can tell, I'm such a, like a kitchen, which, because I'll bet if I get apple pie and it's not that I just want to eat it myself. Yeah. I enjoy that first slice really well. You know, you put some ice cream on it. It's nice and warm, cutting out of the us. But then the second slice is good too, but then the third slice, I'm getting sick of the apple pie. Do you know what I really want to do? I want to share it with someone and then have them enjoy the amazing taste of the apple pie and then have them talk to me about how good that apple pie was, that that's abundance. So that was a different eye opening way of looking at abundance. And it went back to what you were saying is abundance. Yes. It's getting rid of what no longer serves you, but then it's sharing your wealth. When we talk about abundance where we're not talking about sharing your money. No, it could be the apples on the apple tree. It sharing your good fortune with someone else that then spreads that seed along and along, which creates that beautiful garden that the emperor lives in. A huge key to abundance is sharing it with someone, sharing it with people and, you know, sharing because it feels good to share, not sharing because you have to, or there's a sense of obligation. That's a language, that's a different language that some people are, they get locked into. They're like, oh my God, I got to give it to Shirley because Shirley never has anything. I used to be the person who would give everybody everything. Girl. I used to work three jobs, taking care of myself, my partner, my three roommates. We would go out to dinner like every other night. Or my ex would make amazing food that costs like a hundred dollars just for one night it's worth of food. And that was like routine for us to do that. My body was sore and I was tired and I hurt. And it was like, why did we do this to ourselves? I did it to make him happy because if I didn't do it, then he'd be mad at me. It went to the range of abusiveness really well. And I, I share that, honestly, because there might be somebody else who listens to this They feel like they have to do everything their partner says, you know? If it doesn't bring you happiness, I mean, yeah. There's the art of compromise shore, but you shouldn't compromise your entire life. You were doing it, it sounds a little bit for survival because that's what you felt was going to keep your relationship going. And, and I am sure, you know, that's a part of your path. Healing that part of you that thought that I could be loved by doing that right. And survival for this is what I needed to do for this relationship. I think an important thing from that story, which has been beautiful for you to share, cause I'm hoping someone listens to that and goes, wow, me too. Is that abundance and abundance with love is never a should. When you find healthy love that abundant love where it's prosperous and everything is growing, it is you want to, it's flowing, it's easy and things are just growing. And it doesn't mean that, you know, every relationship's easy. No, we all hit rough patches, but when it gets to the sheds or else, you know, they won't love me or they'll be mean to me, that's that's not the goodbye.'cause like what you said, abundance is aligning with the joy, the joy of giving the joy of sharing it. And that's important to know for anyone that's trying to bring more abundance in their life. When you feel joy, you are feeling abundance, but when you feel the sheds and those darker energies, then you're not aligning with the abundance. And that's okay. That's just a sign that maybe like my house it's time to move on. Ruth back to that relationship. When you first started the relationship, you were probably feeling a little bit of the emperor is like, wow, this is going to become something. This is going to be great. And you hit a lot of tower energy. You hit a lot of those really, you know, transformational cards. And you did probably leave with those lessons, which is going to give you abundance for the next relationship you go into. So back to some dark stuff is when I first connected with him, I actually had flat out, said it was like, I don't feel like no one will ever love me and I, someone to end my life with that type of energy. So showed me how I can be loved and showed me a lot of ways. I didn't want to be loved. And there were a lot of times that I thought that's what I, how I wanted to be loved. Then I then later discovered that's not what I wanted and my thoughts on it. So it was a very fascinating time period for me, healing once I'm healing from it. Right. Reflection has been amazing. I feel like now out of the relationship, you're actually experiencing the abundance of the lessons. And this wisdom that you have now, because we can get abundance and wisdom. You brought up another key point and you know what crap, I think it goes back to my house, your intention, where you wanted to grow your garden was what did you say that I'm not worthy of someone loving me? That no one's ever gonna love them. Yeah. Then no one's ever going to love you. So that is what you grew up. You grew it on, you know, bad soil, I guess I would say right. It was going to grow something. I gotta be honest. When I found this home, my intention was one. Well, my parents are going to love this home. Like my parents are going to love this home. My parents are gonna be so proud of me. And that was a really old belief that I've been healing in this pandemic since I've been in this house is doing things for myself and not for like validation from my parents, because even at 32 that still pops up. And I believe when I got this home my intention was not for my highest. It was an attention. Oh, they will love it. Not that I would love it and there'll be proud of me for having it. And so I did reach blocks. I did reach the resistance with this home with so many things Steve and I tried to do. And I wonder if that's a key part to the emperor is, and to really creating what we want. We really got to get clear on why we're creating it and the reasons behind it. And I think we had to get really clear on some of the subconscious reasons behind it, because I bet you, you weren't really aware that you were still thinking when you were going into that relationship. Like I'm not worthy of love. No one will ever love me. I bet you, you kind of knew that a little bit, but you were probably, so it was more subconscious for you. And when I was going into this home, I was aware of that. The town, my mom would love and she'd be like, oh my gosh, you got into this house. I was aware of that, but I had fooled myself in thinking it was what I wanted. And you gotta, you gotta get clear about your subconscious intentions. Okay. You, you just described even me to a T it was like, you know, I had forgot that I had said that I had forgotten that I had created that until it was like years later. And you were so right. I think you remember from a previous episode where, you know, I drew the tower card for a literal year before I finally left him. Yeah. I figured you did. And like free year though, she's many crickets. Like, did you get the message? I mean, I finally did, but wow. So you planted your seeds on the tower card. You know, when you thought you were planting your seeds on the Empress. And I feel like for me, where did I plant my seeds? I'll come back to you on that. You literally, in the attention that you literally planted on the intentionally, my parents were both. Parents are going to be appreciative of subconscious, that, that leads the subconscious, like seeking of approval of somebody else besides yourself. Yes. And so, you know, what's interesting. When I came up with struggles with the house, it actually was struggles with me. Like old wounds came up from childhood of trying to please my parents. So you know what I'm going to thank my house tonight, because if I've like really went through a journey of owning myself for self acceptance and in this pandemic. And I got to tell you, I think it's thankful to this. I think this house forced me. So see, I'm seeing the abundance. I mean, it's time for us. Like no hard feelings house. It is time for us to move on, but I'm really thankful to you. Like, you've, it really did help me grow. So in those transformational cards, like the tower and all those heavy energies, we do leave with abundance. We're not experiencing abundance in the moment, but like what you said now you're experiencing abundance and I've gotten to a place of so much abundance with loving myself and accepting my truth. And it was thank you to, to the experience of planting our seeds and really crummy soil So my story was about relationship. Nicole's was on the experiences of their parents and trying to people please. And I promise that if everyone here looks at something that's alive for them in their life, that may not be working as well as they'd like it to, they could directly link that back to something else in their past that they're trying to heal with an external validation in this now. As a direct result, when you move forward into the next like, oh my God, I need the next thing you got to really be present. Do you really want that next thing? Or are you creating that? You need that next thing again, to solve something that's an internal issue, right? You can't solve an internal issue with an external solution. It has to be an internal solution for the internal problem. There's the, the buzzwords, the sheds and the needs. And those are really big indication that you're actually not aligned with abundance for yourself. You're trying to align with someone else's or you're trying to do something that's not authentic for you pay attention to your words. Words are powerful and those are huge indicators if you're going to do at roots. And I did, and plant your seeds in the wrong soil. Roots. And I, when we got together last week, we were talking about. The goddess and how the goddess is returning that divine feminine. A very balanced person has both matriarchy and patriarchy. That's a balanced person, but for a very long time, we've seen that the patriarchy has dominated the world and that the God is who once was loved and revered for her healing powers. And her nurturing has been buried so deep within the earth hidden, but not gone. And so roots. And I were talking about how she's coming back, how her wisdom and her teaching are here and they're coming back. And we really are heading into a place where we're balancing out this patriarchy that we have been in for so long. The emperor is, is the matriarchy of the major Arcana. She represents the goddess, she, and all of her power. I want to read a passage tonight that I think will be very healing for anyone that wants to work with the divine, feminine energy. Anyone who feels called to the goddess or anyone who feels called to mother she power. This passage is from the book. Unleashed untamed an unapologetic. By Lisa Lister. She has wonderful books on she power. This is called the great mama before his story. There was her story a time when a woman's stomach mysteriously swelling and then nine moons later producing a baby from between her legs was one of the most odd, inspiring acts of lady magic ever witnessed that she could also produce food life-sustaining milk from her breasts made it pretty evident that she was a direct reflection of the nurturing and providing elements of mama nature. The oldest work of prehistoric art ever discovered the Venus of willingness. Is a small place statue of a fertile woman. She has an abundance stomach, torque worthy buns and huge breasts. She's a representation of the fertile goddess worshiped in those times. And she evolved into the multifaceted goddess that many, which is love and worship today. The same goddess that I call, she Malta a small cluster of islands in the Mediterranean sea was an epicenter for she full bodied, 10 foot tall statues of bountiful, abundant women representing mother earth proudly stood outside the temples. Their ancient societies had priestesses the woman of the temples of Artemis and Diana in ancient, Greece, and Rome. The Oracle of Apollo Adelphi and the Celtic priestesses of Britain, all these wise ones were keepers of arcane, sacred knowledge. They had many skills, including the sacred observation of seasonal customs, healing, StarCraft, divination, seeing the future and understanding and recognizing the roots of the future and the past and present. They also held sacred that spiritual lives of the communities they served. This knowledge was stored and kept safe with. Most of it being passed down orally through words and song committed to memory rather than books. And for the most part as you'd hope in any spiritual organization or. It was shared without competition or fear and a great love and respect for thousands of years, people from all over the world worshiped a mother God, the great mother. She was nature and nurture death and rebirth, fierce and loving light and dark. She was the polarities and all the mysteries that lies in between them. This create tricks of all that is, was known as both male and female and a divine sacred devotion relationship with her was our guide. So it is no coincidence that when we were in intentionally disconnected from the great mama, when our goddess nature was banished from the Roman Catholic church, both men and women became disconnected from. They were. And so I just want to take a moment, just this sacred moment for you to call back the goddess, to call back your power, to see love as fierce, to see tears as strength and to feel loved and held by mama, mama earth and the great mother that is with you all the time. Again, this passage came from which unleashed, untamed and unapologetic we come from the God and you shall return like a drop, uh, re. So going to you, Shannon, who fin hone in on all that, I shall be going like a drop of free flowing through you and hall booth. And on all that, I shall be Erie. That song is one that you can do quite a few times. It's a song that's typically done in a round and, I really love that song. Thank you for that sharing of the passage. Do you want to tell us about your card spread for the emperors? Cause that was really cool last week when you did it. Okay, perfect. I have a good idea. Tell us about the spread. And then how about for every one who listens to. Our podcasts. Can you pull a collective, the emperor's card spread for everyone? Yay. Okay. Tell us about the Carlsbad. Okay, perfect. So this is the emphasis card spread. This comes from the ultimate guide to tarot by Liz Dean. I do not take ownership of this spread. I'm just sharing with you because I thought it was amazing. Okay. So at the direct center, there's only, this is a three card spread that the emphasis at the center take the first afternoon, Jack, and lay her before you now shuffle all the remaining cards and then cut the deck or fan of the cards face down, choose three with your left hand and placed them around the emphasis as shown. And you can see, you can ask, how could I develop my ideas will be more creative or how do I have more funds in my life? So card number one is to the left card. Number two is directly above the MTRs and then card number three is off to the right card. Number one is that you and your present situation and the card number two is the source of your abundance and where to focus your expectations and detention and card. Number three is the outcome. So card number one, and out as the page of Pentacles, which is a youthful energy discovering, what is it that they're now wanting to create? This is newly experiencing whatever it is you're in like it's a new world. So it doesn't matter if you've done a job for 30 years or for two years. You're looking at it from new eyes. We can all remember when we first started in a job where like, oh my God, what am I gonna do? What am I here for? And you look at it all brand new. Well, now we're going to do that again. And that's the present situation. Look at it newly. And then from there, we'll actually get to experience our environment, newly our job mainly. And then create because we're wanting something new and seeing it new. So the source of the abundance and where to focus, your expectations and attention came out as two of Pentacles now to a Pentacles is a lot of juggling, I mean, as depicted by the writer, right. Smith, it literally is a character of juggling. It's moving from one realm of consciousness to another and just keeping up doing what you're inspired to do as you're inspired. And for all y'all moms out there, you know exactly what I'm talking about, because one second, you're having to take care of baby dressing, baby. Then you got take care of yourself. Then you got to take care of a companion or if it's just you, then you're having to take care of every need of the baby. And then if you've got a job, you're also trying to take care of your job. And everybody has a job that has more than 16 roles anyway. Really about juggling all the things that you're juggling and really working with it and honoring all aspects. That's going to be the source of your abundance. The outcome is the seven of ones. When you recognize the thing that you were excited about, that you desire to be creating, you're focusing on. And you're doing it regardless of the competition, regardless of people that are saying, maybe you should do this. Maybe you should do that. This is you make your stand. That's the energy of fire, what you're passionate about and going with it. They go, So he removed the emperors from the dock and placed it in the middle as the intention of what abundance will be in the spread. And then you pulled the page of Pentacles, that was the present moment. Then you pulled the two of Pentacles, the source of abundance and where to focus your expectations and attention. Then you pulled, the seven ones. And that is where it's headed. That is the outcome. Yeah. That makes so much sense. That makes a lot of sense. And the 7 0 1 is just like what you said, the outcome is standing your ground and doing what feels right for you. There might be people who are trying to take you down or telling you, you can't do that, but it goes back to living in your truth. It's interesting that you just pulled those cards for the collective, because the big theme of really truly having abundance back to like roots and eyes, opposite stories of the relationship he went into. And my story of the home was it is that seven of ones it's standing your ground with your truth, no matter what anyone else. True. Abundance comes when you are aligned with your truth and your, so you're going to love this. Cause I went to go pick up the deck and know, well, I fell out. I knew it, something fell out. Okay. That's seven of the seven of Pentacles, right? Again. So the seven of Pentacles is literally a person who's been gardening and he's tilling a soil or like really ready to reap. He's literally ready to reap the rewards of having put effort towards whatever it is that he's about. So you're just watching it grow. And it's so funny. And so, you know, aligned, given that we're talking about all this growth and prosperity and transformation and abundance and all of that, but it happened because he put in, you put in the work you put in. Before we close, you and I had discussed how the emperor is, has a sister in taro Do you know who I'm talking about? Who the emperor is? His sister was. I mean, I always say that it's the queen of Pentacles. I'm like, that's, I'm like, is this a trick question? Because, oh, there's only one. And you and I discussed, like, if they are characters that those two are related they're sisters and they have very similar energy, a little different, but similar. I mean, one's going to like that full of like, it's the next step, but I would, I never think of the emperors and I think, oh my God, she's such a queen of swords. I just don't like, that's just never a thing. No. Yeah. She's the queen of Pentacles, but not really the queen of Pentacles she's related to, we think she's related to her. Oh my God. That's literally the bottom of the deck. Get out of town. Oh, that's so. It's it's the queen of pedicles was literally the bottom of the deck. I'm like, you can't even make it up. It's so good. It's so good. Next time that we are here, we're going to be talking about the emperor who I believe is married to the Empress. And he definitely has a patriarchy, energy, which is not. It's a lot about structure and discipline and getting shit done. Oh, I'm so excited to see how you feel about them this time. Remember that? I know last time I had a lot of old boots, which I'm sure I'll open up, but it was a weird, it was a weird room..So yeah, we'll have a good time talking this time. I've healed it all. So, you know, I'm ready to talk about the other side of that Burr. Yeah. Do you know what the twists and the plies though? In my journey to really having a good relationship with the emperor card, I realized everyone that I have emperor energy and my, taro archetype, my personal. If I add up my birthday is the emperor. So there's the twist in the pot, everyone. So you can dig into that later. I'm going to be emperor daddy right now and say it's 6 56. It's time for you to go. I know I got to go to the channeling session, have a good week, everyone. Thank you for listening to our episode. We hope that I was healing and brought you an understanding of the Empress, archetype and Tara. Here are some takeaway questions to ask yourself. So you can relate this to your personal story. What is your relationship to abundance? Do you feel that you are worthy of creating your intentions and dreams? Or are you still in a place where you have some old wounds? The need to be healed. If so, are you ready to heal them? What is your relationship with the divine feminine? Do you honor her. Inside of yourself and in life. If you like our podcast, please like us or right. Kind review. Both roots and I are taro readers. So, if you are interested in working with me, And you can find my offerings@wildandfreehealing.com. Or follow me on Instagram. At wild and free healing. If you are interested in working with roots. Check out his website at roots N flax. Dot square.site. Or follow him on Instagram. At present moment alignment. We host a room with taro and tea on clubhouse. Every other Thursday at 6:00 PM. Eastern standard time. Next episode, we will continue our journey. Through the major kind of. And discuss the emperor. And the archetype of power. Take care, everyone. Bye.