Tarot Card for the Day, October 26, 2013, (Shadowscapes Tarot Deck)

The Emperor –IV Reversed

Four is about rules and regulations, laws, standards and protocols. The Emperor is the creator and the one who holds up or strikes down rules and regulations, laws, standards and protocols. The emperor has lots of responsibility to his people and those regulations, etc. help him to live up to that responsibility. With them, everyone under the emperor knows what to expect. They know what consequences will be for particular actions. This keeps his dominion running more smoothly. It keeps chaos from taking over.
The energy of this card in the reversed position is being used by sacred Spirit today to remind us that just because a rule or regulation, law, standard or protocol has been in place for a long time, does not mean that it is effective for us now. This is a day of turning things upside down and shaking them to see what falls out. What is not solidly locked into the fabric of our lives. What no longer serves a purpose for us. This is a day when we question some of the things we have always believed. It’s a sort of a shake up for us, if you will. And we can use it for our own good if we are open to that idea. We can use this time of evaluation to face the truth about those old beliefs and let them go if they need to go. This time of evaluation will also give us the chance to appreciate and understand in a deeper way, why we need those old beliefs that still serve us well and help us to reprioritize.
As long as you don’t stop moving forward, you won’t be moving backward.
Peace,
Amista