The Hermit

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Yod
Path: 20 (Chesed-Tiphareth)
Zodiac: Virgo
Thoth Title: The Hermit

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Delay. Obstacle. Apathy

Upright

Keywords: Prudence. Contemplation. Caution | Waite: Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption.

Prudence. Contemplation. Caution. Reversed: Delay. Obstacle. Apathy.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Virgo; finding one's own light; going inward; completion, harvest; resting in one's own center; wise guide

Accept your aloneness! Don't concern yourself with people who don't understand you, who would rather see you be a part of the herd. If you should meet a wise leader or teacher, join her or him.

Number 9: Foundation

Completion-before-renewal. Bearing the weight of the full cycle just before it transforms. Hard but transformative — the threshold.

Narrative position: threshold