When you’re going from here to there, you can’t do it with one foot… net very well at least. You’d be like a maimed Anakin Skywalker on a Volcano planet, screaming “I hate you” and trying to do his best with the woody dialogue he memorized in his trailed. Or maybe you’d hobble around like a humanoid droid holding your other foot, shortly after you’ve been rebuilt by your astromech counterpart.
You need at least two feet to make the first step.
Early on in any journey or endeavor, we don’t just need to know our goal, but we need to make plans for that goal. In “A New Hope” Luke wanted to be a Jedi but the only person he knew who could train him was died at the end. Then he went to Dagobah, met Yoda and now we have a plan to confront Vader.
Senator Palpatine had a plan. It involved starting a war, becoming the head of Senate and killing all the Jedi. And all this can be seen visually in the holographic plans of the Death Star.
To have a plan doesn’t simply mean creating a list or directions and then following those directions. It’s actually kind of rebellious because you’re subverting the natural order, the given system or someone else’s plans. There is a boldness to it. You’re going to piss someone off, and in the case of galactic conquest, kill a lot of people.
But I got side-tracked here. This card isn’t explicitly about making plans, but it is about having power. Having respect, dominion and authority. Wielding the Force for your goals.
This card is about power and power can be seductive. In the case of the Emperor, he wielded power for its own sake and not in the service for others. Something a Jedi should watch out for.
May The Force Be With You.