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The High Priestess card is one of the most loved and most mysterious cards in the tarot deck. Its very nature, the way we interpret it, everything about this card suggests the unknowable. And yet we continue to try, as we should, for in the very act of seeking we find something. Perhaps not the answers we hoped for, but something of value. This article will present some commonly accepted truths about the High Priestess and then wander around some thoughts I’ve entertained about her role in the scheme of things. Some basic High Priestess correspondences: Number: 2 Astrological association: Moon Hebrew letter: Gimel (Camel), the third letter Path on the Tree of Life: Kether ...
Wrap thy form in a mantle gray,Star-inwrought!Blind with thine hair the eyes of day;Kiss her until she be wearied out,Then wander o'er city, and sea, and land,Touching all with thine opiate wand—Come, long-sought!When I arose and saw the dawn,I sighed for thee;When light rode high, and the dew was gone,And noon lay heavy on flower and tree,And the weary day turned to his rest,Lingering like an unloved guest,I sighed for thee. "To Night," Percy Bysshe Shelley The Vampyre possess a supernatural sensitivity to whispers on the night breeze. This allows them to hear every ripple of sound in the darkness with deadly accuracy—distinguishing its source and quality. Much like the ...
The very first time I handled a tarot deck, I somehow knew that while the cards were pieces of paper with pictures on them, I also knew that they were much more. I knew that through the cards secrets could be revealed and entire worlds could be discovered. Despite being comprised of a finite number of cards, seventy-eight to be exact, tarot opens us to an infinite universe, both within and without. A newcomer can be overwhelmed by the vastness of the tarot landscape. In addition to the general "bigness" of it all, there is that delightful, freeing aspect of tarot that can also be the bane of a beginner's experience: there are very few hard and fast rules with tarot. A Few Simple ...
Significators play a powerful role in Tarot readings. Not only do they identify a certain person, place, or object, they can heighten the focus of the reader as well as the client when addressing the question at hand. Choosing the best card to signify the main subject of one's question can be challenging. The following are some guidelines to identify which images of the Tarot will bring the greatest amount of focus to your readings. People SignificatorsThe most common reason a reader chooses a Significator is to identify a particular person. Typically, these cards are selected based on a person's birth or astrological sign. In a traditional Tarot deck, Rods/Wands indicate someone born ...
