The Tarot has many stories to tell – these are our stories – the stories that help us understand and live our lives. Card by card, they carry wisdom that we can use on a day to day basis. For me, one of the most important cards is the High Priestess. She is the key to the feminine mysteries, and to accessing our psychic/intuitive abilities.

The High Priestess is also our connection to the unconscious mind, and to dreamtime. She acts as the conduit, or gateway, for messages from Spirit. She is also our connection to our unconscious self, where we carry wisdom from our past lives and from the collective consciousness.

Her wisdom is hidden wisdom, the wisdom of the mysteries. This is the wisdom that we use to connect with Spirit and move towards enlightenment, but it is also the wisdom that we need to make informed decisions and take informed actions.

When the energy of the High Priestess is functioning well in our lives, we feel empowered. We are connected to our Higher Self, and we feel a quiet inner power throughout our lives. We have faith in ourselves, and are strongly connected to ou feminine aspects (whether we are male or female). We are able to balance our intuitive and our intellectual selves.

When the energy of the High Priestess is not functioning in our lives (or when we are simply not recognizing her energy), we do not feel so empowered. Our intellect takes precedence over our intuition (our gut feelings), an our decision making process becomes rooted in surface appearances, rather than the wisdom beneath the surface. We may become secretive, and our lives based on the superficial.

The gift the High Priestess brings to us is that of awakening our own latent, hidden powers. She encourages us to listen to our intuition, to open up all of our senses, and to trust what we see/hear/feel.

Where is the energy of the High Priestess in your life? Is it where you want it to be? What do you need to change to have this energy fully functioning in your life?