She sits between the pillars Boaz and Jachin, black and white, at the threshold of the temple, the point of decision itself.The High PriestessAn old man on a bare peak holds up a lantern containing a six-pointed star.The Hermit

Card combination

The High Priestess and The Hermit

The two trumps that withdraw in order to know, and the tradition separates them by direction. The Hermit went out and up to look; The High Priestess did not move and already holds it. The pair is read as knowledge sought against knowledge received.

Together

The two trumps that withdraw in order to know, and the tradition separates them by direction. The Hermit went out and up to look; The High Priestess did not move and already holds it. The pair is read as knowledge sought against knowledge received.

In love

Associated with two people who both need solitude and mean different things by it. The pair is unusually sympathetic to both.

In career

Read for a decision requiring reflection rather than consultation. The pair favours going quiet over convening anybody.

The advice

Some answers are looked for and some are waited for. Using the wrong method wastes the same amount of time.

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