Card of the Day for August 30 - The High Priestess
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The High Priestess is
represented by the number 2, denoting the need for the balance
between logic and emotion that you can achieve by using the
intuitive part of your nature. She incorporates the Pisces/Virgo
polar opposites as she sits between the pillars of feeling and
reason.
Attribution - The Moon;
specifically, the waxing moon, from three days after the new to
three days before the full.
Rider-Waite Imagery
A young dark haired woman sits between two pillars. Her dark hair
means she has a mind full of secrets. The left pillar is the black
pillar of severity. B is for Boaz - Strength. The right pillar is
the white pillar of mercy. J is for Joachim - Establishes. These
are the pillars of Solomon’s Temple. She sits as a mediating force
between duality & polarity. Her white clothing represent her
purity. The blue cloak her peacefulness and flows like water from
this card to the next card of the Empress.. At her feet is a
crescent moon which is the Astrological attribution for this card.
The veil is made up of Palms (suffering) and Pomegranates
(abundance) and the design is in the form of tree of life. Water
and a distance mountain range are visible behind the veil. The
cross on her chest is the equal armed cross of equanimity. Her
headdress is the triple moons. The High Priestess is intuitive,
reflective and subtle. She would advise you to look within for
answers and to keep your own council.
http://tarotjourney.net/tarot-cards/major-arcana/2-the-high-priestess/
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Part I: The Veil and its Symbols
The High Priestess, the Pope Joan, or Female Pontiff; early expositors have sought to term this card the Mother, or Pope’s Wife, which is opposed to the symbolism. It is sometimes held to represent the Divine Law and the Gnosis, in which case the Priestess corresponds to the idea of the Shekinah. She is the Secret Tradition and the higher sense of the instituted Mysteries.
Part II: The Doctrine Behind the Veil
She has the lunar crescent at her feet, a horned diadem on her head, with a globe in the middle place, and a large solar cross on her breast. The scroll in her hands is inscribed with the word Tora, signifying the Greater Law, the Secret Law and the second sense of the Word. It is partly covered by her mantle, to shew that some things are implied and some spoken. She is seated between the white and black pillars–J. and B.–of the mystic Temple, and the veil of the Temple is behind her: it is embroidered with palms and pomegranates. The vestments are flowing and gauzy, and the mantle suggests light–a shimmering radiance. She has been called occult Science on the threshold of the Sanctuary of Isis, but she is really the Secret Church, the House which is of God and man. She represents also the Second Marriage of the Prince who is no longer of this world; she is the spiritual Bride and Mother, the daughter of the stars and the Higher Garden of Eden. She is, in fine, the Queen of the borrowed light, but this is the light of all. She is the Moon nourished by the milk of the Supernal Mother.
In a manner, she is also the Supernal Mother herself–that is to say, she is the bright reflection. It is in this sense of reflection that her truest and highest name in bolism [sic] is Shekinah–the co-habiting glory. According to Kabalism, there is a Shekinah both above and below. In the superior world it is called Binah, the Supernal Understanding which reflects to the emanations that are beneath. In the lower world it is MaIkuth–that world being, for this purpose, understood as a blessed Kingdom that with which it is made blessed being the Indwelling Glory. Mystically speaking, the Shekinah is the Spiritual Bride of the just man, and when he reads the Law she gives the Divine meaning. There are some respects in which this card is the highest and holiest of the Greater Arcana.
UPRIGHT
Influenced by the moon.
Hidden things.
Psychic intuition, listen to your inner voice.
A midwife.
Creative imagination, inspiration.
The Goddess within.
Finding answers.
Wise, calm and sure.
Mystery, secrecy.
A psychic woman, one who serves as an oracle.
Patience.
Divine wisdom, enlightenment.
Silence.
Learning.
Hidden emotion.
Duality.
The keeper of secrets.
Things are presently not what they seem.
You will have a dream of great import.
The gathering of energy before the physical action is taken.
You have been hiding your feelings and guarding your secrets.
Things you know but don’t tell.
Some hidden information that you need is still missing.
Solitary investigation and the passing on of secret knowledge.
Spending time in libraries, studying old religious texts, reading dusty documents.
A spiritual woman, a nun, an astrologer, a tarot reader.
For a male querent; soul mate, idealized woman - this is the woman that every man sees when he is in love.
It may be time to come out
of hiding and into the sunshine. Renew a commitment to yourself
and your needs and be receptive to small surprises.
REVERSED
Confused psychic energy.
Ignoring important advise,
omens or messages.
Uncontrollable fantasies.
Conceited.
A know-it-all.
Something is not right.
What you see might not be what you get.
Information might be delayed.
Superstitious.
Cautious.
Untrusting.
Jealousy.
Fear of the unknown.
Dealing with superficial appearances.
Weakness as a result of passiveness, unhealthy emotional detachment.
Hidden enemies, mistrust, paranoia, secretiveness.
Laziness.
Ignorance.
A selfish and ruthless woman with the ability to manipulate psychic energy for personal gain.
Fooling yourself.
Bad judgement, drinking, cheating, over-eating – general self-destruction.
You know something vital but are unaware of it.
Illnesses that centre around female reproductive organs and cycles.1. Phantasmagoric
2. Gill
3. Fey
4. Alchemical
5. Artists Inner Vision
6. Wheel of Change