IV – The Emperor

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Emperor + Magician (IV + I)

• Showcase your abilities.
• New idea.
• The company might be hiring.
• Improvement in financial status.
• Head of a large company.

Emperor + High Priestess (IV + II)

• A woman will gain power over you.

Emperor + Empress (IV + III)

• Reforms leading to results.
• Stable situation.
• The plan will be successfully implemented.
• Quick profit.

Emperor + Hierophant (IV + V)

• Adherence to etiquette and moral norms.
• Security. Constant support from people and higher powerful forces.
• Obligations under the law.
• Authority.
• Interaction with a high-ranking person, an official.
• Firm conviction.
• Promotion at work.
• Offer from a man.
• May include a marriage proposal.
• Official marriage.
• Taking on responsibility.
• Conservatism. Stability.
• Influence on a man’s fate.
• Discipline.
• Hierarchy, order, authority.
• Correctness, moral right.
• Father, elder man.
• Mentor, boss.
• Spiritual rank, orthodox, religious views.
• Lecturer at a university.
• Stubbornness.
• Religious career.

Emperor + Lovers (IV + VI)

• Taking on firm commitments.
• Meeting with a man.
• Acquaintance and romantic relationship.
• Pleasant time.
• Anxieties.
• Power of instincts. Feelings interfere with actions.
• Follow your mind, not your emotions.
• There might be a love triangle.
• Official relationships.
• The man loves select company.
• Stable relationships.
• Subordination, adherence to rules in relationships.
• A man’s choice of work, structure, service, profession.
• Work brings joy.

Emperor + Chariot (IV + VII)

• Circumstances will prevail over order.
• Purchase of a car.
• Benefit from a trip.
• Trip with a man or temporary separation (unlikely to speak of a good romance).
• Control over oneself. Self-control.
• Strong desire for leadership, conquest.
• Endurance, determination.
• Take diagnosis and work seriously.
• Professional military.
• Management, governance.
• Creating something utilitarian but solid and durable.
• Conqueror, strategist.
• Efforts in the field of travel, business trips.
• Offer to move to a new job.

Emperor + Strength (IV + VIII)

• Rebellion. Thirst for power.
• Pressure of authority.
• Health, victory in battle, surge of energy.
• Many opportunities for implementing your plans and ideas.
• Tension relief. Relax. Rest.
• Calm work.
• Passionate man.
• Possessive, jealous man.
• The man has a woman (relationship).
• Struggle with a man.
• Enough strength to win over a man and remove a rival.
• Do everything calmly.
• Health improvement and recovery.

Emperor + Hermit (IV + IX)

• Breakdown of family or group.
• Need to isolate yourself to think things through.
• Wait. Stop-frame. No work.
• Conservatism. Self-control.
• The person is closed off. Doesn’t want to communicate.
• Period of isolation. Introspection.
• Wisdom, power.
• Time to balance material with spiritual and seek wisdom alone.
• Wise advice.
• Wise authority, solitary.
• Elderly man, solitary man.
• Spiritual wealth.
• Inner support, principles.
• Abstinence, stubbornness.
• Recommended medical examination.
• The man may end up in the hospital.

Emperor + Wheel of Fortune (IV + X)

• Change in established order.
• Change in team structure.
• Minor changes, significant shifts, redistribution of resources.
• But your current position is stable.
• Change of priorities, leadership, job.
• Trip with a man.
• Turning point in destiny.
• The man is changing in life.
• Unreliable husband. Unsteady mind.
• Feeling of power over fate.
• Money and power can achieve everything.
• Ability to use money wisely for oneself and others.
• Giver, generosity (not wastefulness).
• Ability to manage others’ money (bank).
• Social status, material wealth.
• Karmic issues of power, status, values with a man, father.
• Greed, superiority.
• Luxury.
• Owner of a bar or casino.

Emperor + Justice (IV + XI)

• Inclination towards justice and hierarchy.
• Strictness, pause, taking stock.
• Legal matters.
• Problems with the state, the law.
• Control from outside, punishment.
• Behavior within conditions.
• Pause in progress.
• Legal dispute with relatives, bosses. Taxes. Insurance.
• Lawyers, attorneys will influence decisions.
• Reserved man.
• Could mean marriage or divorce.

Emperor + Hanged Man (IV + XII)

• Stubborn view on things hinders life.
• Attachment to material benefits.
• Change in social status, change of authority (sacrifice).
• Ruler and victim. Victim of conditions, boss, state, society, harassment, oppression.
• Review your job and attitude towards work.
• Work is stalled.
• Think everything through before making a decision.
• Should you buy? No. Might be deceived.
• Scandal over money.
• Business in alcohol and tobacco.
• Dissent, dissidence, execution.
• Betrayal. Wrong romantic relationships. Either adjust or leave.
• Don’t expect too much.
• Health problem.

Emperor + Death (IV + XIII)

• Life demands a new order.
• Difficult changes, change of lifestyle.
• End of a job. End of a relationship with a man.
• Painful transformation.
• Persistent trouble.
• Overplayed. The material world is collapsing.
• Loss of power, status, business, real estate.
• Surgical operation.
• Death of a husband, father, breadwinner.
• Premature death due to poor living conditions.

Emperor + Temperance (IV + XIV)

• Moderate conservatism.
• Quickness. Even in a streak of bad luck, you’ll find an opportunity to rest.
• Reserved man. Man-breadwinner.
• Acquaintance with him.
• Temporary relationships. Temporary work.
• Retraining.
• Restraint in feelings.
• Short trip somewhere.
• Temporary troubles. Will pass quickly.
• Take care of health.
• Combining positions.
• Ruler, peacemaker.
• Prolonged stability.
• Stagnation, pedantry.
• Obsessive care.
• Business in medicine, catering.
• Engaging in statistics, routine work.
• Help from an influential person.
• Great inner strength.

Emperor + Devil (IV + XV)

• Apparent order hiding chaos.
• Striving for physical pleasures, material benefits.
• Shadow structure.
• Despotism, unlimited power, fascism, dictatorship.
• Criminal business, mafia.
• Fatal personality in power.
• Showman.
• You are currently under the influence of money, emotions, or something else.
• Something is destroying a person. They stop controlling their desires and are dominated by feelings.
• Various obstacles, excesses.
• Where to get money?
• Slavery in work, finances, connections.
• Dependence on erotic desires. Alcohol.
• Temptation must be overcome.
• There is a lover.
• Negative influence from someone.
• Evil eye on a man or from a man.

Emperor + Tower (IV + XVI)

• Sudden emergency situation. Blow. Collapse. Everything falls apart.
• Destruction of order, stability, revolutionary reforms, repressions.
• Extreme stress. Scandal, quarrels, problems. Job dismissal.
• Destruction at home.
• Plans may not materialize.
• Aggression, belligerence.
• Aggressive man.
• Loss of career, father.
• Cerebral hemorrhage. Hemorrhagic stroke.
• Everything will change, but not now.

Emperor + Star (IV + XVII)

• Reward.
• Tremendous luck that comes once in a lifetime.
• Hope for a new meeting. New acquaintance.
• Working abroad.
• Star – search far away, abroad.
• Hope for a wish to come true.
• Material wealth should not be the main goal.
• Planning.
• High position obtained easily, easy career.
• Ability to always maintain self-respect.
• Help from an influential person.
• Exploring spaces, expanding horizons, spheres of influence.
• Artist.

Emperor + Moon (IV + XVIII)

• Powerlessness causing insecurity.
• Changeability, ephemeral wealth.
• Changes in fate. Change of partner.
• Foggy, illusory period.
• Insecurity in oneself, in the reliability, stability of one’s position, inferiority complex.
• Instability, turmoil in business and affairs.
• Fear of a man – father, responsibility.
• Irresponsibility, lack of power.
• Infantile or gentle man.
• Psychotherapist, addiction specialist.
• Desire to earn big money.
• The man likes to drink.
• Chronic alcoholism.
• Should see a doctor.

Emperor + Sun (IV + XIX)

• Thriving business.
• New connection.
• Marriage with a man.
• Fruitful union.
• Happiness in family.
• Addition.
• New job.
• New position.

Emperor + Judgment (IV + XX)

• Rise in authority.
• Time for favorable slow changes at work, in life, in love.
• Revival of business, firm, organization.
• Return of previous order, husband.
• Generosity, forgiveness, mercy.
• Karma along the male line of the family.

Emperor + World (IV + XXI)

• Success in any endeavor, lucky break.
• Money and abundance come to you effortlessly.
• Career.
• Studying languages.
• Business trip. Working abroad.
• Foreign man.
• Business expanding its horizons of influence.
• Relocation with a change of residence.
• A person in their rightful place.
• Achievement of goal, peak.