With the Empress, we plunge headlong into the springtime of our soul. Like a young girl discovering the ecstasies of sensuality, the Empress possesses the majesty of a mermaid bathing in the heart of nature. A fertile and lush nature where everything abounds, a Garden of Eden where the apple (of Adam) and the serpent coexist harmoniously. In her paradise, the Empress expresses her creativity in all its forms. She excels in all the arts, playing the roles of both "interpreter" and "muse." Inevitably, she is surrounded by nymphs and satyrs, and all this lively fauna revels under her rule. For she is, above all, a woman of power: the symbols of her authority leave no doubt. Proud and bubbling with energy, she reigns over the empire of her creations. Finally, her sexuality is poised to burst forth with a pure and innocent love, as evidenced by the chalice encircling her chest and the discreet bud emerging from the heart of her temple. Beware of diverting her! She can be cruel. - Based on "Mona Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)