The High Priestess
The High Priestess calls attention to the value of silence and the spaces between sounds, reminding you that the unspoken is as important as the spoken. In quiet, the unconscious and the soft inner voice rise, allowing intuition to eclipse logic and pragmatism. The card invites examination of hidden truths and secrets, asking whether something is being concealed from you or by you. Embrace stillness amid turmoil to access deeper guidance and inner knowing.
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Meaning
Anyone can sing the notes, but the High Priestess knows that the spaces in between the notes are just as important as the notes themselves. The superficial world demands we pay attention to the sounds of clocks ticking, cars running, and voices talking. We've become so inured to the noise and the volume that we actively run from the silence. In the silence we are alone with ourselves, and this shouldn't feel like a terrible thing. The silence is where we breathe. Our unconscious raises its head, the soft inner voice speaks, and logic and pragmatism cower in the face of pure intuition. What mysteries will be revealed? What secrets will be exposed? Is someone hiding something from you, or are you hiding something from yourself? Perhaps it is time to join the High Priestess and revel in silence in the midst of the maelstrom.
Visual Description
A concert-stage scene fills the card: a singer stands center with one hand on a microphone stand, wearing boots and layered clothing, a guitarist plays at left, and a crowd watches below. Above the stage is a cluster of circular purple lights and the Roman numeral II at the top. Over the singer's torso is a framed inset illustration of the traditional High Priestess: a seated woman in a veil, a crescent moon behind her and lilies at her chest. The bottom border shows the printed title THE HIGH PRIESTESS.
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