9: The Hermit
Major Arcana 9 is The Hermit card and this card has a very obvious meaning, and it also has a lot of magic behind it. The hermit is the card of the solo seeker, the one who hermits by going with in to understand the nature of spirit. On the card we see a man with a grey beard, dressed in a grey hooded cloak and even outfitted with grey shoes. The color grey representing his desire to be unseen and his internal focus, not unlike the plain clothes of a monk. In his left hand he holds a staff symbolizing his desire for deeper spiritual knowledge and in his right he holds a lamps with a 6 pointed star, representing the union of spirit and matter, the merkaba. One part of this picture I especially love is the mountain tops under his feet. He has climbed the mountains of spiritual experience and dedication to higher knowledge and now he is ready to come down the proverbial mountain side to share his knowledge. The sky in the background is clear signifying mental clarity resulting from soul e...