The Hermit
Major Arcana
Meanings
- self-reflection
- introspection
- contemplation
- withdrawal
- solitude
- search for self
Meanings Reversed
- loneliness
- isolation
- recluse
- being anti-social
- rejection
- returning to society
Other Meanings
- becoming or seeking out a guru
- going on a retreat
- recharging spiritual or creative batteries
- lighting the way for those with less experience
- stepping back to gain perspective
Other Meanings Reversed
- being a loner
- fearing contact with others
- becoming a know-it-all
- inflating claims of expertise
- hiding your skills and talents out of fear of unworthiness
Meanings
- solitude
- experience
- stillness
- withdrawal
Fortunes
- A period of loneliness begins
- One partner in a relationship departs
- A search for love or money proves fruitless
Questions
- What would happen if I simply withdrew and took no action?
- How can I get some perspective on the situation?
- Who has walked this path before me? How can I enlist his or her help?
- Element
- Virgo
- Arche Type
- The Holy Man
- Numerology
- 9 (fullness, readiness, ripeness)
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Yod/Hand/10
- Spiritual
- The Christ, while fasting 40 days in the wilderness. Chronos, the god of time. Father Time. Hermes.