The Emperor

The Emperor is the fourth card in the Major Arcana, numbered as card IV. It features a Native American chieftain.

Keywords

 * Authority
 * Structure

Booklet Text
The Emperor is about authority and structure. If you’re not able to take responsibility or control, you should delegate that task to someone who will hold you accountable. Someone like the chief here. You need someone who is able to think things through, who will be tough on you when you need it. Because you’re not being tough enough on yourself. You may be making excuses for yourself, trying to justify your behavior. You need someone who will tell you when you’re lying to yourself. This is hard to do for ourselves. So you need to start being a leader and assume control of your life and your situation or else someone else will. Do you like it when other people dictate the circumstances of your life? No? So do it for yourself or someone else will.

Trivia

 * The likeness on the card is that of Chief Sitting Bull.

Adjacent Cards

 * The Empress
 * The Hierophant