The Hermit Meaning: Ancient Wisdom

The variation from the conventional models in the Hermit card is only that the lamp is not enveloped partially in the mantle of its bearer, who blends the idea of the Ancient of Days with the Light of the World. It is a star which shines in the lantern. We have said that this is a card of attainment, and to extend this conception the figure is seen holding up his beacon on an eminence.

Therefore the Hermit Tarot is not, as Court de Gebelin explained, a wise man in search of truth and justice; nor is he, as a later explanation proposes, an especial example of experience. His beacon intimates that “where I am, you also may be.”

“The Illustrated Key to the Tarot” written by L. W. de Laurence

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