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Major Arcana · IX

The Hermit

Upright: introspection, solitude, guidance, searching. Reversed: isolation, loneliness, withdrawal, lost.

The Hermit — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

The Hermit upright meaning

  • introspection
  • solitude
  • guidance
  • searching

Step back from the noise for a bit, you'll find the answer in quiet reflection, not more input from everyone else. Give yourself real alone time this week to think, and let your own guidance surface.

The Hermit reversed meaning

  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • withdrawal
  • lost

Alone time has quietly turned into cutting yourself off, and it's starting to weigh on you. You've done enough reflecting, reach back out and let someone in before the solitude curdles.

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Arcana
Major
Number
IX (9)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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