Annotated Visual References for Card III. The EMPRESS
This is one of the most popular Cards of the Pirate Tarot OTMB. It embodies the erotic qualities of the quest for Treasure in Pirate life. The EMPRESS is an anima figure.
Source of images: The female pirate with wooden chest and sand is from a work by Unknown (ca. 1930) “Treasures from the Deep.” The red box of treasure and bags of coins are by Unknown (ca. 1930) “Fair as Her Jewelled Treasure.” Both found in Artist Archives (2001) Pirate & Gypsy Girls. Portland, OR: Collectors Press, Inc. Coniunctio: Figure 5. The Conjunction, reproduction of a woodcut from the Rosarium Philosophorum, Secunda pars Alchimiae de Lapide Philosophica (Frankfurt, 1550). Palm trees and island: clip art, source unknown. Pink rose in the golden vesica after the reverse side of The alchemical tarot cards (1995) by R. Guily and R. Place, London: Harper-Collins Publishers. Venus emerging from the sea and angels: from “The Birth of Venus” by S. Botticelli (c.1485). Astrological sign for the planet Venus: source unknown. Yin/Yang (Tao): source unknown.
This is one of the most popular Cards of the Pirate Tarot OTMB. It embodies the erotic qualities of the quest for Treasure in Pirate life. The EMPRESS is an anima figure.
Source of images: The female pirate with wooden chest and sand is from a work by Unknown (ca. 1930) “Treasures from the Deep.” The red box of treasure and bags of coins are by Unknown (ca. 1930) “Fair as Her Jewelled Treasure.” Both found in Artist Archives (2001) Pirate & Gypsy Girls. Portland, OR: Collectors Press, Inc. Coniunctio: Figure 5. The Conjunction, reproduction of a woodcut from the Rosarium Philosophorum, Secunda pars Alchimiae de Lapide Philosophica (Frankfurt, 1550). Palm trees and island: clip art, source unknown. Pink rose in the golden vesica after the reverse side of The alchemical tarot cards (1995) by R. Guily and R. Place, London: Harper-Collins Publishers. Venus emerging from the sea and angels: from “The Birth of Venus” by S. Botticelli (c.1485). Astrological sign for the planet Venus: source unknown. Yin/Yang (Tao): source unknown.