The High Priestess

The High Priestess is trump II: the veiled woman seated between two pillars, holding a scroll she does not unroll. She keeps the secret knowledge of intuition, dreams, and what is felt before it is known. The Golden Dawn gives her to the Moon.

Uses

• Intuition and inner knowing
• Dream work
• Keeping silence and secrets
• Divination

Trump

II

Attribution

Moon ☽︎

Hebrew letter

Gimel ג (camel)

Path

13th, Kether to Tiphareth

Upright

Intuition, mystery, inner knowledge, the unconscious

Reversed

Secrets kept from yourself, ignoring intuition, surface thinking

Key symbols

The two pillars B and J, the veil of pomegranates, the scroll, the crescent moon at her feet

Working with it

Place the High Priestess under your pillow or beside your bed on a Monday night. Before sleep, ask one question and don't try to answer it. In the morning, write down the first image you remember: that is her reply.