IX. The Hermit

The Hermit tarot card

🔑 Keywords

Sign: Virgo • Planet: Mercury

⬆️ Upright

Introspection, solitude, wisdom, guidance, contemplation, searching, enlightenment, self-discovery, meditation, reflection, self-awareness, isolation, instrumental, quiet, soul-searching, illumination, silence, withdrawal, seclusion, inner journey.

⬇️ Reversed

Loneliness, withdrawal, aimlessness, fear of being alone, avoidance, disconnection, exile, paralysis, emotional coldness, spiritual detachment, loss of direction, stalling growth, refusal to look inward.

🎵 Featured Lyric

“I traced the spiral of the stars,
and followed silence up the hill —
until my shadow sat beside me,
and we listened just to feel.”
— audiotarot

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🌠 Reflection

the hermit carries no answers, only the right kind of silence. in reverse, the silence may turn hollow — echoing not insight but evasion. ask yourself: are you in retreat, or just hiding?