The Hermit
An old man in robes carries a lantern as he walks alone through the dark.
Card Number 9:
Leadership, Transformation, Ambition
Place in the Fool’s Journey:
The Fool's need to find deeper truth as he ages.
Upright Meaning
Keywords:
Wisdom – Soul Searching – Solitude – Spiritual Enlightenment – Introspection
Inner Guidance - Self Reflection - Contemplation
As a Person:
The Hermit is someone searching for their own inner truths. They have left the world behind to increase his own knowledge through soul searching without influence from others. This maybe a temporary retreat or a full life of solitude but it is done in a positive way. He is full of hard learned wisdom and a teacher of that inner guidance and how others can find their own. While he may feel separate from others he is still connected to the world.
As a Situation/Experience:
You are feeling drawn to solitude right now. Your soul is encouraging you to go within yourself and search for you own truths and guidance. You are at a turning point and only through introspection will you be able to see the paths from which you can choose to proceed.
As Advice:
Stop listening to others. Its time to go inside yourself to feel out what is right and wrong for you. Seek your own internal guidance to help with the current situation.
Reversed Meaning
Keywords:
Loneliness – Isolation – Fear – Withdrawal
As a Person:
This is someone who is living in isolation. He is very disconnected from the world. He has withdrawn out of fear and chooses to hide from life instead of embracing it. He is lonely. Bitter. Always looking for reasons not to step back into the world.
As a Situation/Experience:
What started out as a journey to find yourself has quickly turned into a situation that has you feeling lonely and isolated. You have withdrawn too much from life and are rejecting anything that might lead you back to the community. Your mind has taken you too far down the path of fear, but you do not see that the main thing you need to fear right now is your own isolation.
As Advice:
Stop hiding. Being social is an important part of the human experience. It is time to stop isolating yourself and get back out into the world. Face your fear and step into life by taking one small step at a time.
Artist credits to: Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot Vintage Deck, Matt Hughes’ Ethereal Visions Deck & Mrdiyshisha’s Cute Ghost Tarot Deck
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