The High Priestess
The High Priestess
Number 2 Water The Moon
A major arcana card: the big weather rather than the daily forecast.
Upright
knowing without evidencepatiencewhat is not being saidthe inner voice
You know something you have not admitted you know. The High Priestess sits between two pillars with a scroll half hidden in her lap; the answer exists and it is not going to be read out. This card asks for stillness rather than action, and it is unusually reliable on one point: the thing you have been calling a hunch is information you have already gathered.
Reversed
ignored instinctsecretsdisconnectionsurface only
The signal is there and you are talking over it. Reversed, this is instinct overridden by other people's opinions, a situation where things are being kept from you, or the exhausting business of living entirely on the surface because the depth is inconvenient.
What is in the picture
A scroll marked TORA, mostly hidden by her robe. A crescent moon at her feet. The pillars are black and white and she sits exactly between them, which is the card's whole argument.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: the answer is already in you and it needs quiet, not more research.
Reversed: you are ignoring what you know, or somebody is withholding what you need.
Love and relationships
Upright: something unspoken is doing most of the work here. Notice it before you act on the spoken part.
Reversed: a gut feeling about this person you keep explaining away.
Work and direction
Upright: wait and watch. The political shape of this is not visible yet and will be soon.
Reversed: you are being told a version of events. Find out what is underneath it.
Money and security
Upright: hold. This is not the week to commit, and you can feel that.
Reversed: something about the arrangement does not add up and you have noticed and moved on too quickly.
Me, honestly
Upright: you are more perceptive than you give yourself credit for. That is not a personality trait, it is data.
Reversed: you have been outsourcing your judgement to people who know you less well than you do.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: not yet. Something you need to know has not surfaced.
Reversed: you have already decided and are gathering reasons. Be honest about which way.
With other cards
With The Moon
Two cards that both say you are not seeing everything, one calm about it and one frightened. Trust the calm one. Wait.
If this card leads
Say nothing for a day and see what surfaces.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as maybe. Reversed, no.
“I already know more than I have admitted.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
