2: The High Priestess
The third card in the Major Arcana is The High Priestess. This card is so auspicious, in my personal opinion, as she really represents the Goddess manifest, in Her priestess. Naturally, this card is rife with symbolism, so let’s take a look. The High Priestess comes after the magician, and if you believe the major arcana is a succession of events or processes in a journey to wholeness. Just as in the card before, The Magician manifests using the elements, or manipulates the elements to manifest his desires, The High Priestess has earned the privilege of guarding the spiritual secrets that are only accessible to a select few. Dressed in blue robes, not unlike the ones Mother Mary is frequently dressed in, she sits between two pillars, one black, one white. These black and white pillars with the letters B and J on them for Boaz and Jachin they are the pillars to King Solomon’s temple, and they represent the Masonic spiritual ideals of complementary energies of the universe. U...