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The Hermit Tarot Card Meaning
The Hermit is card IX of the Major Arcana. Upright it speaks of introspection, solitude, guidance; reversed, of isolation, loneliness. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's Jungian archetype and its astrological correspondence.
Major ArcanaEarthVirgo
Upright meaning
“Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: introspection, solitude, guidance, inner search, wisdom.
Reversed meaning
“Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: isolation, loneliness, withdrawal, rejection of help.
The archetype
The Wise Old Man — introversion and the search for inner light; meaning found in solitude.
Astrology
Correspondence: Virgo.
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