Meaning:
The Emperor often represents authority, structure, stability, and leadership; symbolizing the power of discipline. It reflects the ability to create order from chaos and to lead with confidence and responsibility. In its challenging aspect, it can indicate rigidity, control issues, domination, stubbornness, or misuse of power.
Upright card (keywords):
Authority, structure, leadership, stability, discipline, protection, logic, responsibility, order, confidence.
Reversed card (keywords):
Control issues, tyranny, rigidity, stubbornness, lack of discipline, instability, domination, immaturity, misuse of power, insecurity.