The High Priestess
Major Arcana 2

The High Priestess

KeywordsIntuition, mystery, inner wisdom

The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through

Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.

The picture

A veiled woman sits between two pillars, a half-hidden scroll in her lap

Bright face

Unhurried intuition; wisdom that does not speak yet

Shadow

Silence that shuts others out; watching instead of living

Way through

Water flows behind the veil — the answer is already within

As your card of the day

If The High Priestess is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Unhurried intuition; wisdom that does not speak yet”. When it tips toward “Silence that shuts others out; watching instead of living”, remember the way the picture draws: Water flows behind the veil — the answer is already within.

Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences

Auspira is for entertainment and self-reflection. The cards are a mirror that shows the present from another angle; they do not predict the future and are no substitute for medical, legal, financial, or psychological advice.