The Lord Regent

Probably aligned with The Emperor

The number seventeen card in the deck.

The Lord Regent is represent by a well tailored man standing posed as if for a painting. He is clearly one who controls others and is in charge of a group/ cloister/ or situation. The qualities of The Emperor card have been debated and changed for hundred of years. In the standard Rider-Waite Tarot the Emperor sits on a throne and rules from on high, probably aloof to his people. He is well dressed. In the Haindl deck he is naked in the forest, a natural ruler who has nothing to hide.

In this deck a past or present position would indicate a person who is in charge, who controls the life or situation around the person or question at hand. So little imagery is used in the card that the interpretation of intent of The Lord Regent but be queried and determined.

It is safe to say that in the inverted position in any aspect (past ,present  or future) the Lord Regent would be indicative of the misuse of power . It would also indicate someone in power who has something to hide.

If a person in particular is not indicated through questioning the subject of the reading, then it is an easy assumption that an inverted Lord Regent means that there is a secret which is being withheld. Powerful information which is being hidden.