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The High Priestess

This is the third card in the Major Arcana and is numbered 2.

Divination:Your intuition will play a very important part in your decisions more than what u think is true. Emotions may be responsible for your judgment. Be patient and take time to think. Wisdom and influence is seen in the near future

The High Priestess is a most mysterious card, representing secret knowledge. She symbolises feminine spiritual power, or the goddess from whom all life comes and to whom all returns. She is usually depicted as serene faced female figure, sometimes seated with a book on her lap. In the Waite deck, this book bears the words Torah but in other decks it is merely an open book or scroll that represents the Akashic Records, the divine repository of our lives past, present and future. Sometimes in standing, holding a staff and pointing towards an unseen object in the distance, and indication of something yet to be revealed.

 She sometimes sits or stands between two pillars, which represent the dual nature of our world: good and evil, light and dark, positive or negative. She promises reconciliation of the opposite to those willing to follow this ritual path of understanding universal law. In the Waite deck, the High Priestess said that the doorway to the temple, as if welcoming students to enter and learn her secrets. However, the Crescent Moon at her feet warns of the danger of releasing higher knowledge to those unprepared to handle it.

 On her breast, the High Priestess ways a cross, symbolic of the four elements:-Fire, Earth, Air and Water held in balance. She wears a crown that the King the three lunar phases that symbolise the three stages of womanhood: maiden, mother, crone. This particular card is reminiscent of the Egyptian mother goddess Hathor, who wears a similar headdress.

Interpretation

 When the High Priestess appears, she indicates that something kid, or interior, is preparing to come forth or that you need to pay more attention to your inner world of dreams, imagination and intuition. She advises you to develop awareness of your night side, so to speak, as well as the daylight personality. Usually, the person realises the importance of developing this part of his life but may have been holding back out of fear or inertia.

 The High Priestess may indicate that the person is attempting to hide something that needs to be revealed. Psychologically, the underworld refers to the unconscious. In this twilight realm, of which dreams are a component we encounter our inner selves through intuition and fantasy. The High Priestess represents our potential that has yet to be discovered and brought forth, our secret cells longing to be recognised.

 The High Priestess is linked to the Egyptian goddess Isis, Queen of the intellect, in her of veiled form. Isis understands fully the workings of the universe and is familiar with both the upper world and the underworld, where her husband Osiris reigns. She knows the secrets of the regeneration after death, of the transformative powers inherent in secret knowledge. 

Meaning

 You are experiencing awareness of the invisible world, we are in it changes take place before it manifests in the outer, material world. Your attunement to these inner, invisible sources is acute now, and you are in a position to take advantage of us. You may want to remove yourself, but truly from the day to day life to go deeper into your inner core. Tune in to your inner voice and spiritual awareness.

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6. Death
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8. The Lovers
9. The Fool
10. The Moon
11. Justice
12. Strength
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18. The Tower
19. The Emperor
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