TAROT Death and The Emperor (13/4) The archetypal system of Tarot is ancient. Although records link its beginnings to the Middle Ages, there are indications of its origination occurring much earlier – perhaps even by thousands of years and from distant civilizations. The Tarot represents and reflects (it is) the story of life: each card is a micro-story of the profound, deeply-embedded and commonly-lived experiences of our human journey. Your core Tarot encoding is unveiled by adding your individual birth numbers together and reducing them down: in this case, your encoded major arcana Tarot archetype is #4 The Emperor. Expounding on this archetype, your birth numbers have also been added in such a way (a system developed by the Amberstones) as to bring forward one (and sometimes two) other major arcana archetypes that also live within you. Together, these symbiotic fields of energy create an additional dynamic and unveil the complexities of your Soul Print’s distinct journey. _______________________________________________________________________________________ You are the energetic archetypal combination of Death (#13 in the Tarot) and The Emperor (#4 in the Tarot). As such, you represent a dynamic quality-set that emerges from its coupling and its energetic feedback loop. This emergent archetype and energy signature is one that represents "polar absolutes". Death and The Emperor both have clear function, territory and authority but in different areas and through different experiences. Note the myriad similarities in the images. You as Death-Emperor are here to deconstruct and clear away (reflecting Death’s theme of destruction leading to rebirth), and then organize, initiate and establish (reflecting The Emperor’s theme of authority and stability). Death represents the unconscious, chaos, limit and the uncertainty of change, while The Emperor represents outward action, expansion and steadiness. When activating Death, you push the edges of the known into mystery and challenge the boundary of comfortable assumptions and procedures. When activating The Emperor, you bring order, peace and maturity to insure balance. You are an embodiment of the pinnacle point inbetween and are here to evolve the cooperative, symbiotic relationship between these two archetypes. www.TheAlchemyofHolism.com When understood, accepted and allowed to flow naturally, this combined Death-Emperor archetype within you represents a perfect balance that brings constant renewal: endings of the old and order to the new. It is from this, your natural place of wholeness, where infinite power is accessed, creativity flows readily, and life is experienced as orderly but fresh, peaceful but not tyrannical, abundant yet not stagnant, and believable but still fascinating. This theme is a foundational to your Soul Print. www.TheAlchemyofHolism.com .