May 1496
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for May 1496 is The Empress. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the initiation third of the wheel.
The Empress card in Tarot represents abundance, creativity, nurturing, and enjoying life in your body. She sits on soft cushions in a field of ripe wheat, wearing a crown of twelve stars, with trees and a stream behind her. Everything around her is growing. This card is about making things, caring for things, and letting yourself enjoy them.
How May 1496 becomes The Empress
The collective year card for 1496 is Judgement (20). Add the month number (May is month 5): 20 + 5 = 25, which wraps around the twenty-two to 3. Card 3 is The Empress.