Tarot Card of the Week: Sept 14, 2015 – Sept 20, 2015
The Hermit
This week’s card is the Hermit from the beautiful Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot. The Hermit card refers to the yearning for wisdom and knowledge that so many of us possess but so few of us take the time to nurture and develop.
You may be feeling the need to retreat from others in order to clear your head and recharge your batteries. Or you may be so distracted by the noise and interferences around you that you just want to escape.
The Hermit card responds to these urges by encouraging you to turn inward, to pause and reflect, and to seek your own inner light. It speaks of gaining insight and wisdom through solitude and introspection.
The central figure in this card is a woman dressed in a red-and-white tunic which transforms into a circular spiral formation behind her. She paces around the edge of another circle — this one a pattern painted onto the floor. Along the outer perimeter of the same circle stands her mirror image, in miniature version.
Together they wind their way around the circle, each with the light of a candle to guide their way. The candles provide illumination of a different sort, although they may not even need them: they seem to know the steps by heart. The circular theme is repeated in the shape of the room itself.