The Hermit
The Hermit urges withdrawal and introspection as a path to inner knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. Solitude and self-reflection allow one to cultivate inner guidance, reason, and peace, symbolized by the glowing star held in the Hermit's hand. This illumination represents the ability to grasp elusive truths through careful contemplation. Reversed or shadowed, the Hermit warns of isolation, paranoia, or avoidance that substitutes seclusion for genuine understanding.
Keywords
Poem
I am alone and quite content for it's only me I need. For everything a tree can be starts within a seed. To know thy self and look within, to learn to live without is to live a life of happiness missing only doubt. Perhaps someday you too will find what I have found, the many truths I've come across, both simple and profound.
Meaning
The Hermit is about looking within to find the answers to life's pressing questions. It's about introspection, seclusion, and knowledge. In her hand, a Saturn's holds a glowing star, as her knowledge of self enables her to grasp even the most elusive of life's mysteries.
Shadow
The shadow of the hermit is reclusive and isolating, retreating not to gain deeper understanding, but out of fear or laziness.
Upright Keywords
introspection, soul-searching, spiritual enlightenment, inner guidance, self-reflection, solitude, inner peace, meditation, contemplation, letting go of material need, logic, reason
Reversed Keywords
Loneliness, paranoia, isolation, withdrawal, reclusiveness, not taking enough time for personal reflection or too much time thinking and not enough action, intellectual or spiritual elitism
Visual Description
A green-skinned, elf-like figure with large antlers and white hair crouches within an oval forest scene. They hold a tall wooden staff topped with a glowing orb and offer a small luminous star in the other hand. The lower body has white fur and cloven hooves, and plants and stylized trees frame the figure. The Roman numeral IX appears at the top and a banner at the bottom reads 'The Hermit'.
Children of Litha tarot
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