The Hermit Tarot Card Meaning

The Hermit Tarot Card Meaning Reference Card

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Affirmation:

My inner light illuminates my path.

The Hermit Upright:

The Hermit Tarot Card Meaning Upright

The Hermit card represents prudence and circumspection. It suggests that the Querent may be taking a cautious approach to their situation, carefully weighing their options and making strategic decisions. The card can also represent introspection and self-reflection, indicating that the Querent may be seeking solitude and time alone to think and process their thoughts. The Hermit card may also represent wisdom and spiritual insight, reminding the Querent to look within themselves for answers.

The Hermit Upright:

Introspection, Inner Truth, Soul Searching, Solitude

The Hermit Upright Career:

Seeking Purpose, Unfulfillment

The Hermit Upright Love:

Withdrawal, Emotional Reflection, Looking Within

The Hermit Upright Finances:

Rejecting Materialism, Realizing Money Doesn’t Equate Happiness

The Hermit Reversed:

When the Hermit card is in the reversed position, it can indicate concealment, disguise, and policy. The card suggests that the Querent may be hiding their true intentions or feelings, or may be using deceit and manipulation to achieve their goals. The Hermit in this position may also represent fear and unreasoned caution, indicating that the Querent may be holding themselves back or limiting their own potential.

The Hermit Reversed:

Loneliness, Alienation, Aimlessness

The Hermit Reversed Career:

Stagnation, Resistance To Change, Lack Of Direction, Disconnection

The Hermit Reversed Love:

Isolation, Loneliness, Withdrawal, Miscommunication

The Hermit Reversed Finances:

Financial Isolation, Overspending, Lack Of Financial Planning, Ignorance

The Hermit Tarot Card Meaning Reversed

The Hermit Description:

The variation from the conventional models in this card is only that the lamp is not enveloped partially in the mantle of its bearer, who blends the idea of the Ancient of Days with the Light of the World It is a star which shines in the lantern. I have said that this is a card of attainment, and to extend this conception the figure is seen holding up his beacon on an eminence. Therefore the Hermit is not, as Court de Gebelin explained, a wise man in search of truth and justice; nor is he, as a later explanation proposes, an especial example of experience. His beacon intimates that \"where I am, you also may be.\"\nIt is further a card which is understood quite incorrectly when it is connected with the idea of occult isolation, as the protection of personal magnetism against admixture. This is one of the frivolous renderings which we owe to Éliphas Lévi. It has been adopted by the French Order of Martinism and some of us have heard a great deal of the Silent and Unknown Philosophy enveloped by his mantle from the knowledge of the profane. In true Martinism, the significance of the term Philosophe inconnu was of another order. It did not refer to the intended concealment of the Instituted Mysteries, much less of their substitutes, but--like the card itself--to the truth that the Divine Mysteries secure their own protection from those who are unprepared.