August 1556
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for August 1556 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 August 1556 becomes The Empress
The collective year card for 1556 is The Star (17). Add the month number (August is month 8): 17 + 8 = 25, which wraps around the twenty-two to 3. Card 3 is The Empress.