IV. The EmperorThoth Tarot Tarot Meaning
Number: Atu 4 · Arcana: Major Arcana
- Authority
- Structure
- Control
- Father Figure
- Stability
- Discipline
Upright meaning
War, conquest, and hard-won victory — real strife, government, and ambition, tipping into overweening pride, megalomania, or rashness when unchecked.
Reversals in this deck
The Thoth tradition does not read reversed cards. Crowley's system judges a card as well- or ill-dignified from the cards around it and its elemental dignities, so every card here is read upright.
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