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Tarot Symbolism
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The High Priestess
Tarot Card Number 2 of the Major Arcana
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She has the lunar crescent at her feet, a horned diadem on her head with a globe in the middle, and a large solar cross on her breast. The scroll in her hands is inscribed with the word Tora, signifying the greater law, the secret law and the second sense of the Word. It is partly covered by her mantle, to show that some things are implied and some spoken.
She is seated between the white and black pillars – J and B – of the mystic temple, and the veil of the temple is behind her, embroidered with palms and pomegranates. Her clothes are flowing and gauzy, and the mantle suggests light – a shimmering radiance. She has been called occult science on the threshold of the sanctuary of Isis, but she is really the secret church.
She represents also the second marriage of the prince who is no longer of this world; she is the spiritual bride and mother, the daughter of the stars and the hgher garden of Eden. She is the Queen of the borrowed light, but this is the light of all. She is the moon nourished by the milk of the supernal mother.
In a manner, she is also the supernal mother herself – that is to say, she is the bright reflection. There are some respects in which this card is the highest and holiest of the Major Arcana. |
| The High Priestess represents mystery, secrets and a future that is yet to be revealed. If the questioner is male, then she represents the woman in whom the questioner is interested. If the questioner is female, she represents the questioner herself. This card also represents tenacity, wisdom, and science. |
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