Tarot card

The Emperor

Build the structure. Clear rules and steady leadership make things possible.

Upright

Keywords: structure, stability, authority, boundaries

Reversed

Too much control, or not enough. Rules have become a cage, or there are none at all.

Keywords: rigidity, control, chaos

Card IV of the Major Arcana, one stop on the Fool’s Journey.

Journal prompt

Where would more structure help you?

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Card art by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1909 deck. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.