HIGH PRIESTESS
You are the divine whisper of the universe -- Silence. Secrets. Darkness. Evolution of the soul. The blueprint of your personality, talents and traits. A deep knowledge and third eye vision. Activated intuition. Lunar cycles. Inner knowledge. Personal authenticity.
SHADOW: Self-indulgent and self-centered. Narcissistic. Obsessed with the self. An exaggerated sense of importance. Excessive need for admiration. Lack of empathy. Distrust and the inability to follow one's own inner voice.
The Shadow Witch feels water tickle her toes. She wonders if she's wandered into a puddle or a stream. Silky liquid floods the path. Gaping trees groan as they teepee in toward each other, their branches reaching high for a full moon they will never touch. Lunar sparkles glisten across the deluge. Out of the mist and moisture a figure takes shape: the luminous presence of the High Priestess rises before the Shadow Witch.
The High Priestess holds a scroll and silently unrolls it. The word tarot appears. This is the book of your life, containing every possibility, every imaginable outcome. It is ever changing and all encompassing. The High Priestess is the blueprint of your soul and the pure authenticity of self. She is everything you were, are, and will be. She is your container of soul knowledge. She is inner wisdom waiting to be revealed. She is your ebb and flow, the cyclical energy of your life.
Two trees enclose the High Priestess from either side, reflecting the dual polarities we move between in the material world. This is dark and light, awake and asleep, highs and lows and all shades in between. The Dark Wood's initials are carved into the bark, marking the threshold into the wood's innermost secrets. What treasure is locked away inside of you?
The High Priestess's secret is silence. Silence is the space of manifestation. Silence is the space of infinite possibility. It is the expansiveness containing all four elements. Silence is the space between the cards in a tarot reading. Sort out what is meaningful to you and sow your intentions inside silence like seeds in a garden.
The High Priestess's dress dissolves into water because she is the font of all waters found within the tarot deck. She is lunar tides, rushing rivers, the lady of the lake. She is the amniotic fluid that sustained you. The High Priestess is your special details, your likes and dislikes, your talents and fascinations.
The full moon rises above her head while a waxing moon is strung around her neck, reflecting her lunar connection to the cyclical nature ofthe seasons and your life. Who you are spills out naturally when you are true to yourself. She is the subtle self who becomes stronger while acting in alignment with universal forces. She is the space beyond word, image, and sound. She is the knowing that extends outward into the ever-expanding, ever-unfolding you.