I just pulled the Hermit card,w hich Facade explains succintly as:
Withdrawal from events and relationship to introspect and gather strength. Seeking the inner voice or calling upon vision from within. A need of understanding and advice, or a wise man who will offer knowing guidance. Personal experience and thoughtful temperance.
It depicts an old man in a gray cloak with a lantern in his hand and a staff in his other hand. He seems to be standing on a mountain top amidst clouds. LearnTarot describes it with the keywords of introspection, searching, guidance, solitude. Seeing as I just quit my job today, this card makes a certain kind of sense. I like this bit from the LT description: “He can also indicate that withdrawal or retreat is advised for the moment.” And how!
And Aeclectic has this great bit to add:
Like an artist who hides for days then emerges to paint a masterpiece, this quiet time allows all the pieces to fall into place. So go ahead and encourage them to go on late night drives, long walks, hide in their room or go on retreat for a month. When they come back, they’ll see everything in a brand new light. It’ll be the best thing for them, and for everyone else in their lives.
Let’s pull some results from Google New for “solitude”, shall we?
- Finding one’s rightful place in the solitude of the Alps
- Love of solitude
Well, I had some more, but you get the idea. This seems like a pretty straightforward reading about withdrawing in one sense, but also venturing out in another, being guided by your own inner light along the way.
One other thing I wanted to include in these readings is etymology of terms, such as hermit:
(h)eremite, from L.L. ermita, from Gk. eremites, lit. “person of the desert,” from eremia “desert, solitude,” from eremos “uninhabited.
Pretty cool. I like that whole “uninhabited” aspect of that.
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