Alright, let’s talk about this one card. You know the one, the High Priestess. When I first started pulling tarot cards, she kept showing up. Like, a lot. And honestly? She kinda stumped me for the longest time.
I’d pull her in readings and just stare. The little booklet that came with the deck talked about intuition, secrets, the subconscious… all very mysterious sounding, right? But I didn’t really get it. What was I supposed to do with that? It felt like she was holding something back, just sitting there between her pillars, looking all knowing but not telling me a thing. It was frustrating!
I tried a few things to connect with her energy:
- I’d just sit and look at the card image, trying to soak it in.
- I attempted meditating on it, trying to feel what ‘intuition’ felt like.
- I read different interpretations, trying to find one that clicked.
Nothing really stuck. It all felt very abstract, not like the other cards that seemed more straightforward about actions or situations.
Then Something Shifted
It wasn’t like a sudden lightning bolt or anything dramatic. It happened during a time when I was feeling really confused about a decision I had to make. Logically, one path made perfect sense on paper. All the pros and cons pointed that way. But deep down, I had this nagging feeling, this little quiet voice telling me ‘no, not that way’.
It was super annoying because I couldn’t explain why I felt that way. My brain was screaming, “This is the sensible choice!” but my gut just felt… wrong about it. I remembered pulling the High Priestess card earlier that week. And I thought, maybe this is it? This quiet knowing, this thing you can’t quite explain but feels true?
So, I took a leap. I went against the ‘logical’ choice and followed that quiet gut feeling. It was scary, not gonna lie. For a while, I wasn’t sure if I’d made a huge mistake. But looking back now? It was absolutely the right move for me. Things unfolded in ways I couldn’t have predicted, ways that ended up being much better than the ‘sensible’ path.
That whole experience really changed how I see the High Priestess now. She’s not about having all the answers laid out logically. She’s about that inner wisdom, the stuff you know without knowing how you know it. It’s about trusting that part of yourself, even when it doesn’t make immediate sense.
So now, when she pops up in a reading, I don’t try to force an answer out of her. I take it as a reminder to get quiet, pay attention to my dreams, notice those little gut feelings or synchronicities. It’s a prompt to trust the mystery a bit more, and trust myself. It’s still a practice, definitely still learning, but yeah, that’s been my journey with her so far.
