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The Moon
Trust your intuition, it doesn’t let you down. Your first thought/feeling is the right one. Recognise patterns that have sabotaged you in the past and cut them off. Pay attention to hidden meanings in dreams,
The High Priestess represents the archetype of inner truth, but because this truth is unconscious, inexpressible, she can maintain it only through total passivity. This situation shows itself in life in numerous ways. We all carry within us a dim sense of who we are, of a genuine self never seen by other people and impossible to explain. Those who throw themselves into competition, careers, responsibilities, without working at the same time to increase self-knowledge, often discover at some point that they have lost the sense of who they are, and what they once wanted in life. Don’t lose touch with who you are.
The High Priestess represents all these qualities: darkness, mystery, psychic forces, the power of the moon to stir the unconscious, passivity, and the wisdom gained from it. This wisdom cannot be expressed in rational terms; to try to do so would be to immediately limit, narrow, and falsify it. Most people at sometime have felt they understood something in such a deep way that they could never manage to explain it.
The High Priestess signifies inner wisdom at its deepest level
It often appears to indicate silence and stillness of some kind, stating that in this situation the answers are best found in the quietest, most peaceful way. Perhaps this takes the form of simply listening. Listening to another person, listening to one’s inner voice, listening to one’s intuition or instinct, listening to silence … Sometimes it takes the form of meditation and reflection, or any practice and process by which the mind is stilled and reaches a zone of silence.
The High Priestess indicates that only when the mind is quiet and free from the busy humdrum of the situation will answers and a solution come. However, it also suggests that you may already know the answer to your question: you have only to listen and it will be revealed.
Sometimes the High Priestess appears to indicate a seeker’s quest for wisdom, psychic ability, spiritual understanding, or a desire to find their own truth. It often represents an initiate or an initiation into a religion, mystery tradition, or spiritual path, but one that focuses on allowing its initiates to find their own answers by being given the keys to doorways rather than simply being handed the answers straight away.
This card concerns spiritual or mystical matters, then you should be prepared for a period of descent into dark silence—not an underworld of pain and inner demons, but simply an underworld of pregnant silence. For those of us living in the modern Western world, sometimes silence is the hardest thing for us to practice.
Not everything needs to be spoken, the High Priestess advises, and often secrets are secrets for a reason: not because they should be hoarded and kept in a process of one-upmanship, but because telling others the answers steal from them the right to undergo the same initiatory journey of discovering them for themselves.
Popular digital artist Ciro Marchetti has crafted the evocative Tarot Grand Luxe out of his own creative imaginings. Based primarily on the Rider-Waite-SmithTM tarot system, the lavish details in Tarot Grand Luxe also incorporate references to the Tarot de Marseilles, as well as other historic symbols and archetypes. In the 56-page illustrated booklet, Ciro briefly describes the ideas and personal perspectives that inspired each card.
