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Synopsis
Material success, stability, authority
and ambition. General Description
The Emperor represents the structure-giving
element, our desire for stability, security, and continuity.
He shows our striving for independence from the conditionality
of nature in all of its incalculability. He is the equivalent
of our drive for civilization with which we build houses,
heating and air conditioning systems to protect ourselves
from heat, cold, and rain; cars and airplanes so that we can
travel more comfortably and quickly than is possible on foot;
and schools in order to secure a certain level of education.
That too much of a good thing is sometimes done here should
not stop us from appreciating properly the positive sides
of this often distrustfully regarded card. The Emperor points
out our sense of order, sobriety, discipline, responsibility,
and pragmatic conduct, as well as the exaggeration thereof
in the form of rigidity, lifelessness, perfectionism, a thirst
for power, and an iron show of strength.
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