Card Name: The High Priestess
Corresponding Card: 18 Moon
Corresponding Astrology: Virgo
Corresponding Person: Persephone
Element: Water
Key Words: Subconscious, Intuition, Mystery, Wisdom, Passive, Quiet, Emotion, Thinking, Coldness
Strengthened Cards: The Hermit, The Hanged Man, Seven of Swords

Related Myths

Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld and a goddess of seeds.
Persephone is the daughter of Zeus, the king of gods, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and harvest. She was taken by Hades, the god of the underworld, to be his queen, spending half the year in the underworld and half on earth. She is a combination of two figures of the Greek native land: the Queen of the Underworld and the Earth Mother Goddess. Therefore, Persephone has the characteristics of a death god underground and a fertility goddess on the ground. As a goddess of seeds, when she is in the underworld, she represents the seeds sleeping in dark soil; when she returns to the surface in spring, it is the power of the goddess of growth, Demeter, that awakens the seeds, which then begin to awaken and sprout. The powers of Persephone and her mother Demeter form the seasons of the earth.

Card Description

The High Priestess is said to be a messenger of the moon, pious, quiet, yet alert and wise, symbolizing intuition and wisdom. Compared with the enthusiasm and initiative of the Magician, the High Priestess only prays silently with a book in hand at night, just like the yin and yang in traditional Chinese culture. If the Magician represents the masculine, the High Priestess is the representation of the feminine, showing stability in silence and wisdom in few words. At the same time, some may say that the High Priestess's heart is very contradictory, just like sitting between two pillars of black and white, quiet yet full of turmoil, experiencing the meaning of life and feeling the changes of the world in the balance between day and night, black and white, justice and evil. Perhaps because of this, she has become wise and insightful!

Upright Card Meaning

Meaning

Represents: Intelligence, excellent judgment and insight, independence, having a confidant, good communication skills, strong will, skilled in spiritual research, Platonic love, cold love
* Seek inspiration through intuition and subconscious wisdom.
Love and Marriage: Rational emotional life, Platonic love, spiritual connection, an object that can eliminate worries, deep love hidden within, a relationship between friends and lovers, expressing love through poetry or articles.
Work and Study: Responsible, clear goals, diligent study, have opportunities to showcase personal potential, strong desire to learn, good exam results, possess comment skills, suitable for careers related to education.
Interpersonal and Wealth: Understanding friends, good negotiation partners, able to make new friends, considerate friends, rational spending, good at managing finances.
Health and Life: Simple and neat clothing, treating the body well, paying attention to personal hygiene, outstanding physical strength and hidden.
Other: Making handicrafts, intellectual entertainment, brain games, activities that don't require going out, outstanding understanding ability, getting new knowledge by consulting calm women, being good at understanding others.

Card Interpretation Reference

1. Enough information has been obtained about the incident, and the judgment is very calm and objective. Most of what is thought is real.
2. Has very sharp judgment and intuitive accuracy.
3. Long-term persistence, calm thinking, not easily lowering standards to the outside world.
4. Has knowledge and ability. Independent and self-reliant women. Clear purpose, clear right and wrong.
5. Possesses intellectual beauty and excellent thinking ability.
6. In terms of love, it is relatively cold, and it is a Platonic relationship.

Reversed Card Meaning

Meaning

Represents: Ignorance, impulsiveness, lack of understanding, neurotic, cleanliness obsession, coldness toward people, self-isolation, quarrels with female friends, one-sided love, poor health, late marriage or celibacy, infertility
* Ignore intuition and use the mind to judge, lacking foresight.
Love and Marriage: Love ends in one-sided love, hesitates to face the desired object, misses love due to cleanliness obsession, longs for single life, misunderstandings caused by coldness, capriciousness, late marriage, uninteresting women.
Work and Study: Stubborn, cannot focus all efforts, shallow cognition, dislike studying, unable to apply knowledge, anxious due to low state, failure in exams, indecisive leading to missing opportunities.
Interpersonal and Wealth: Being ignored, beware of being slandered, self-isolated, prone to offend others due to excessive excitement, unplanned spending, wastefulness.
Health and Life: Mental tension, infertility, hysteria, wrong weight loss plan, anemia, cold hands and feet, bad mood, feeling lonely due to capriciousness, mocking others, narrow-minded.
Other: No interest in studying, noisy environment makes body and mind exhausted.

1. Ignorant, lack of understanding and judgment, slow reaction to surrounding events.
2. Lose inner peace, unable to think calmly, biased views on matters.
3. Weak sense of right and wrong, desires occupy the heart, obtain what they want without considering the consequences, losing reason.
4. Arrogant, showing off, not concealing inner thoughts, lacking depth of thinking.
5. Unable to learn advanced knowledge, picky and unforgiving.
6. Poor health, or infertility, superficial impulses. Unable to control their desires.
7. Single, one-sided love.