The Queen and The Thief

The Queen (a.k.a Empress) represents power and authoirty in women who symbolically rule over anything from a corporation to the thome. She is associated with positive arrogance and a need to protect one’s personal and emotional power. The Shadow Queen can slip into aggressive and destructive patterns of behavior, if she is not careful, particularly when authority or control is challenged. The Queen must look for a pattern of authoritative control of others throughout her life.

The Thief (a.k.a Swindler, Con Artist, Robin Hood) should be evaluated from its symbolic meaning in the emotional and intellectual arenas, including plagiarism, stealing ideas, and even affection. He implies the need to earn self-respect by taking what isn’t yours, because you lack the ability to provide for yourself. He prods you to learn to generate power from within by alerting you when you’re in danger of losing fiath in yourself. The Shadow Thief doesn’t steal out of actual need (such as starvation) but out of perceived need (shoptlifting itmes one canafford to buy). The Thief must look for a continuing pattern of expropriating from others– materially, intellectually, or emotionally.

When The Queen has a generous and benevolent heart, she is open to bestowing her gifts and riches to all that show love and respect to her. But when The Queen is vulnerable, it is quite easy for The Thief to come along and steal her affections. Some thieves are even skillful at stealing a Queen away from The King (Emperor), but this is always temporary. If the Queen realizes that she has been taken advantage of by a Thief, her King comes back from battle and swings at The Thief with a mighty sword, protecting his eternal beloved from any further expropriations. The King, then, once again reunites with his Queen and restores their magical kingdom with a renewed and everlasting spiritual commitment.