The High Priestess
A seiðkona or spákona stands between two cauldrons in a wooded place, evoking ritual, prophecy, and inner knowing. Her closed eyes, staff with an attached skull, and the presence of Audhumla signal communion with ancestral or future knowledge and the power of lunar and rune magics. Upright, the card urges listening to intuition, practising galdr with the Runes, and trusting the universe; reversed, it warns of doubt, misalignment, and allowing others to override your inner guidance. The rune Uruz underscores origins, courage, and endurance as foundations for accessing the card's deeper wisdom.
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Description
A seiðkona, or spákona, stands between two cauldrons in a wooded area. She wears wispy clothing. Her thin, frail body appears from the tatters. She wears a gold medallion around her neck. Black paint appears from her forehead, flowing down to her cheeks. Her eyes are closed. She wears a headscarf with a rack on it. Her left hand grips a staff to which a skull has been attached. The wooden staff has many brightly coloured ribbons attached. Yellow and red flames burn high in a cauldron to her left. The pot on the right contains bits of wood, now turned to ash. A divine creature, Audhumla, stands behind her, a spirit of things to come or things from the past.
Upright
Listen to your intuition, galdr the Runes, trust the universe, commune with the divine, lunar magics.
Reversed
Distrust, doubt your abilities, misalignment with your soul's purpose, allow others to tell you how to think.
Rune
Uruz. Origins, courage and enduring.
Visual Description
A pale-robed woman stands in a misty forest between two tall braziers, wearing antlers and a simple crown while holding a long staff topped with an animal skull. A large animal silhouette is visible behind her among the trees and the Roman numeral II appears above her head. The brazier on the left burns with orange flame; the one on the right contains a pile of twigs that are not alight. The palette is muted, earthy, and the scene is framed by tree trunks with soft vertical rain-like streaks.
Runic tarot
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