Why "Empressrouge"?
I have taken the name empressrouge for a new stage in my life-one of many cycles of rebirth and renewal I will experience. The "Empress" is a card found in tarot-one of the major arcana symbolizing harmonizing with natural rhythms, experiencing the senses, giving and receiving pleasure, appreciating beauty, welcoming abundance, and nurturing and caring for others. The keywords associated with The Empress are "abundance", "nature", "sensing" and "mothering". My description of the Empress was found here: www.learntarot.com:
"The Empress and the High Priestess are the two halves of the female archetype in the major arcana. The Empress represents the fertile, life-giving Mother who reigns over the bounty of nature and the rhythms of the Earth. From her comes all the pleasures and joys of the senses and the abundance of new life in all its forms. The Empress encourages you to strengthen your connections with the natural world which is the ground of our being. Too often false sophistications and pleasures take us far from our roots. Let the Empress remind you to keep your feet firmly planted in the Earth." In assuming the role of empressrouge I am leaving behind the life I have been living… chasing false pleasures and temporary intimacies… I'm keeping one foot on the ground while my head remains in the clouds. A born dreamer, I'm done chasing shooting stars and ready to realize my dreams. ~Empressrouge 6/13/01
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