Major Arcana
The Hermit
The Hermit is a Major Arcana card of the tarot deck. Its keywords are: Solitude, Contemplation, Inner Guidance, Wisdom. Read below what it says upright and reversed.
- Solitude
- Contemplation
- Inner Guidance
- Wisdom
What does The Hermit mean upright?
Withdrawal, contemplation and the search for your own light. This is a time to step back from the crowd and hear what only silence can tell you. Answers found this way are slower but far more durable than borrowed ones. The Hermit carries his own lamp — and so, now, do you.
What does The Hermit mean reversed?
Isolation that has stopped serving you, or a refusal to look inward at all. Solitude may have hardened into loneliness, or you may be filling every hour to avoid your own company. Find the measure between the two. Retreat is a passage, not a residence.