Upright
Stability, power, protection, realization; a great person; aid, reason, conviction; also authority and will.
Reversed
Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
Reflection
Light
Exercising authority
Defining limits
Directing the flow of work
Communicating clear guidelines
Being in control of yourself and others
Tempering aggressive masculinity with wisdom and experience
Shadow
Micromanaging
Crushing the creativity of others with a rigid, iron-fisted approach
Insisting on getting your own way
Assuming a dictatorial mindset
Using overt force to achieve your goals and maintain order
Symbolism
He has a form of the Crux ansata for his sceptre and a globe in his left hand. He is a crowned monarch--commanding, stately, seated on a throne, the arms of which axe fronted by rams' heads. He is executive and realization, the power of this world, here clothed with the highest of its natural attributes. He is occasionally represented as seated on a cubic stone, which, however, confuses some of the issues. He is the virile power, to which the Empress responds, and in this sense is he who seeks to remove the Veil of Isis; yet she remains virgo intacta.
The Fool
The Magician
The High Priestess
The Empress
The Hierophant
The Lovers