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The main color scheme of this tarot card is blue, white and black. There are pomegranates, moon crown, veil, solar cross and the crescent moon. There are also black and white lotuses, with pillars inscribed with the letters “B” and “J”. B stands for Boaz–negation and J stands for Jachin, which means beginning.

Tarot Story

The Fool continued with his journey and met a beautiful and mysterious veiled lady who is sitted between two pillars and is illuminated by the moon. She comes across as a person who appeared to be opposite to that of the Magician. The lady is the High Priestess and astonishes the Fool by revealing things that she knows about him. The Fool decided that since the High Priestess knows so much about him, she could help him with deciding what to do with the sword, chalice, staff and pentacle the Magician had earlier showed to him. As an answer, the High Priestess passes a pair of ancient scrolls to the Fool. She told the Fool that the scrolls will help the Fool to decide the uses for the items that he had received. The Fool sat down and read by the light of the High Priestess’s crescent moon. Finally, the Fool had reached a decision on where to go and what to do. Although the Fool felt that the High Priestess has more secrets and could provide him with more advice, he is now much focused than before and ready to be on his way. As he left, the Fool heard the High Priestess whispered that they will meet again if the Fool is ready to travel the most secret path of all.

Tarot meaning

The High Priestess is the card which represents secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane informationthat she may or may not reveal to an individual. The moon crown on her head and the crescent by the foot indicates her willingness to illuminate information that one may not see and she can reveal secrets that can help one to reach a decision about a problem, job, love or investment.

As seen on the picture above, the High Priestess has a curtain behind her back and this represents the deepest and most secret knowledge that she has. If you happen to draw this tarot card, it basically means that you will be learning some very perculiar things.

The High Priestess represents information that is kept hidden behind the curtain, which means that there are things that she knows, but wouldn’t tell. If the querent is represented by the High Priestess, it means that the querent might find themselves spending time in old libraries and studying old texts. Things which were kept secret will soon be revealed to them. Insights may also be found in dreams.

If the High Priestess represents an individual other than the querent, it means that this individual might be a astrologer or a teacher with archaic knowledge.

The more secrets the querent knows, the easier it will be for the querent to make a decision about their query. Hence, the job of the High Priestess will be to offer the secret knowledge that she knows.