Major Arcana 2 · Gimel ג · Moon
The High Priestess
Intuition, secrets, the inner voice. Trust the inner voice, and speak it when it matters.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Intuitive
- Wise
- Calm
- Discreet
- Spiritual
Bad traits
- Secretive
- Distant
- Passive
- Cold
What The High Priestess means
- Love
- You love deeply but slowly and keep a part of yourself hidden.
- Work
- Research, healing, counselling, spiritual or quiet expert work suit you.
- Money
- Money grows quietly: research, patience and knowing what others do not.
- Health
- Hormones, sleep and the cycles of the body matter; dreams often warn you first.
- Spirit
- Stillness is your temple: the answers you look for are already inside you.
- Advice
- Trust the inner voice, and speak it when it matters.
Reversed
Ignoring the inner voice, or hiding behind silence and secrets until others stop trusting you.
Shadow work: Withdrawal can look like wisdom and feel like loneliness. Share what you know with the people close to you.
Yes or no
Maybe
As a yes or no card, the High Priestess answers maybe.
Ask yourself
What do I already know that I keep pretending not to?
Affirmation: “I trust my inner knowing and speak it calmly.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 2
- Hebrew letter
- Gimel ג
- Astrology
- Moon
- Constellation
- Inner knowing and balance. The High Priestess, Justice and Judgement: intuition, fairness and a calling you hear inside.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Intuition, Wisdom, Calm, Inner knowing, Keeping secrets; in the minus: Passivity, Gossip, Self-doubt, Coldness
The High Priestess as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with The High Priestess as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The High Priestess mean?
Intuition, secrets, the inner voice. Trust the inner voice, and speak it when it matters.
What does The High Priestess mean reversed?
Ignoring the inner voice, or hiding behind silence and secrets until others stop trusting you.
Is The High Priestess a yes or no card?
Maybe.
What does The High Priestess mean in love?
You love deeply but slowly and keep a part of yourself hidden.
What does The High Priestess mean for money and work?
Money grows quietly: research, patience and knowing what others do not. Research, healing, counselling, spiritual or quiet expert work suit you.