Tarot: The High Priestess

Main Association: Mystery Awareness

Quick Reference: Memory, the unconscious, secrets, inner wisdom, intuition, higher power, mystery, trust yourself, hidden influence, mother figure, divine feminine, potential,

Element/Sign: Water, earth
Planet: Moon
Zodiac: Aries, Cancer
Chakra: Third Eye, Sacral
Day: Monday, Wednesday
Archangel: Haniel, Gabriel, Raziel, Zadkiel, Raphael
Qabalistic Correspondences: Lymphatic system
Color: Indigo, white, black, orange
Crystal: Lapis lazuli, moonstone, carnelian, pearl, obsidian, jet, amber
Metal: N/A
Body: The digestive system, breasts, sternum, uterus, ovaries, glands, lymphatic system, pancreas, anemia, dehydration, infertility, Alzheimer’s, amnesia, Menstruation, water retention
Exercise: Only gentle exercise such as belly dancing, yoga, Qi Gong
Stance: Corpse Pose (Savasana)
Affirmation: I trust my intuition to guide me and I know that silence is golden

The High Priestess is identified with the Shekhinah, the female indwelling presence of the divine. She wears plain blue robes and sits with her hands in her lap. She has a lunar crescent at her feet, & wears “a horned diadem on her head, with a globe in the middle”.

High Priestess is a card of mystery, stillness and passivity. This card suggests that it is time to retreat and reflect upon the situation and trust your inner instincts to guide you through it. Things around you are not what they appear to be right now.

The High Priestess possesses intuition, mystery and sensuality combined with common sense. When the High Priestess appears in a tarot reading she indicates that now is the time to trust your instincts and go with your gut feeling. Pay attention to your dreams and the signs and symbols the universe is sending you when this Major Arcana trump card appears in your tarot reading.

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