The High Priestess

I reap what I sow, I choose to walk the path of truth

The High Priestess is the guardian of the mysterious, subtle and deeper aspects of life that are not visible or obvious. She has command of the esoteric knowledge and sacred wisdoms that are part of the collective consciousness – items we are unaware of even exist.

Associated with the moon, and the wellspring of life and movement lurking in the deep dark waters, she embodies deepest innate wisdom, the knowledge and wisdom of Mother Nature. As the keeper of your unconscious she sits at the liminal boundary between what you are aware of and the vast spectrum of the unseen inner realms.

Traditionally conceived as the passive, receptive feminine calmly waiting for life to unfold, she manifested for me as this powerful force of nature which journeys between the visible and the invisible, part Diva, part Shamanka (Shaman). Her clothes are adorned with snakes which form a Celtic perspective are symbolic of secret knowledge, cunning and transformation and points to the High Priestess’s shapeshifting energy and utilizing energy that is unseen.

She is pictured crouching, streaks of lightning shooting from her fingertips as if to emphasize the two pillars B (Boaz-completion) and J (Jachin-Begin) from Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, formed as abstract typography with both meanings woven together. Her language is similarly abstract and often vague with many symbolic and metaphoric references requiring patience to decode.

She signals the need to journey within, paying attention to your dreams and visions, sensing their relevance while acknowledging the synchronicities of the symbols and events that appear in your physical world. Listen to the powerful stirrings of your intuition, your gut feelings – you already possess the most powerful guidance system in the entire Universe.

The High Priestess invites you to be still, to meditate, to explore the mystery of life, witnessing the mind and becoming more aware of your feeling nature. As the feminine receptive principle she perfectly balances the masculine desire to shape and master the physical world by calling us to reflect deeply on that which actively stirs our hearts.

The High Priestess, other worldly and sensual with a whole-body intelligence, indicates this shift in context. How the providence of embodying a vastly new way of “being” when combined with the masculine active worldly principle of The Magician can release immense power, knowledge and goodness into the world. Out of the soil that was your old life, your old way of being, believing and reacting to he world, a new form and its expression can germinate. Choose that this is a benevolent reality, a kind Universe and let the seeds of your potential naturally blossom.