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Day of the
Week - Monday
If you chose
this card, you are working with an unseen guide or
female angel. This card represents many things
we associate with the Moon, hidden knowledge,
fluctuation, the unrevealed future. This is the
female manifestation of the highest knowledge.
It is a card of the muse for artists, poets, writers,
and anyone who would work with creative forces.
The
constellation of Cassiopeia is associated with the
High Priestess in the Tarot by Oswald Wirth.
"...the Priestess (Arcana 2) who is seated
motionless and calm, impenetrable and priestly. She is
the priestess of mystery, Isis, the goddess of deep
night and without her help the human spirit could not
penetrate the darkness. Her right hand holds half open
the book of secrets which no one can take from her
unless the Priestess gives him the keys which she
holds in her left hand. Of these keys which open
hidden aspects of things (Esotericism) one is gold and
is related to the Sun, (Word, Reason) and the other
silver, hence having an affinity with the Moon
(Imagination, intuitive lucidity). That means that one
must unite strict logic and sweet impressionability if
one aspires to divine hidden things, the knowledge
which Nature hides from a great number of us. The
divination which the Priestess inspires, applies to
the discernment of reality which hides behind the veil
of what is apparent to our senses. The right foot of
the Priestess rests on a cushion representing the very
small quantity of positive ideas which we can acquire
in the realm of mystery... This accessory, which is
sometimes neglected, figures on a Tarot published in
Paris in 1500. It has its importance for it seems to
be borrowed from Cassiopeia, the Queen of Ethiopia of
the heavenly sphere, the black but beautiful
sovereign, like the Beloved of the Song of Songs. "The
Tarot of the Magicians". Oswald Wirth 1927 First
published in Paris in 1927 under the original title Le
Tarot, des Imagiers du Moyen Age.
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woman may be involved in the situation who is
your ideal or if you are a women, you may be
regarded as a wise or accomplished women.
The future is unknown,
If
you chose this card, you may be dealing with
your own intuition, or an inner guide that is
leading you into a deeper understanding of how
the Universe works at its core. It may
indicate that you need silence and solitude,
despite the worldly losses that may bring to
you.
In a reading it may
indicate a knowledgeable
woman who is the family or community wise woman.
It may be a woman who has accomplished a great
deal in business or a career or who is highly
educated.
If you are a man, it
may indicate the woman of your dreams, a woman
that you feel is a perfect manifestation of
womanhood. If you are a woman, you may be
seen as this by a man.
You may be seeking
guidance in your quest for knowledge to
understand the deepest meaning of your
relationship to the universal intelligence.
You may also need solitude to meditate and
reflect on this knowledge. You may also be
in the state of developing your intuition, or
having important experiences in dreams or
visions.
In "Legend: The
Arthurian Tarot" this card isbased on the
legend of Nimue, one of the Priestesses of
Avalon.
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