The Hermit
The Hermit calls for introspection and retreat to assess past events and clarify your place in the world. It emphasizes seeking truth, acknowledging difficult decisions, and largely making peace with their outcomes while relying on inner guidance. The sounding staff symbolizes gentle, deliberate movement through life that still alerts others to your presence. Reversed, the card warns of broken confidence, self-isolation, and avoidance of past choices, urging you to come out of hiding and face your fears.
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The Hermit
Upright
The Hermit is similar to the High Priestess with an emphasis on seeking the truth, but the Hermit is most concerned with assessing everything that has happened to inform your place in the world. Perhaps difficult decisions were made, but you have largely made peace with the outcome. The Hermit represents a need for introspection and retreat. Sometimes it is difficult to be in the world, so it is necessary to step back and affirm yourself. The Hermit uses a sounding staff to gently alert those around you that you are moving through a space.
Reverse
In reverse, the Hermit lacks certainty. Did you do the right thing? You may have withdrawn into yourself out of fear of irreparable mistakes. Your confidence is broken, and you are unable to forgive yourself. You self-isolate to hide from the world and turn your eyes away from the choices that led you here. It is time to come out of hiding and face your fears.
Visual Description
A solitary robed figure stands barefoot on rocky ground, holding a tall staff in one hand and an ornate lantern suspended before him. Behind him a bright circular halo of rings and stars frames the lantern, and pale pink mountains rise in the background beneath a deep indigo sky. The figure wears a grey robe with a red mantle, and the lantern's filigree detail is clearly visible as it hangs from his hand.
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