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The symbol here shows how our own psychic intuition is the most powerful way in which the symbolic veil separating our conscious minds from the collective mind of humanity may be attained. In the inner depths of your own mind, this card is saying, you will find the knowledge that you seek. You must be guided by your own intuition, but not by mere emotional whim, which is not the same thing at all.

Seek within your own past experience the answer to the problem with which you are currently faced: somewhere back there you have been in pretty much the same situation as you are in now.

In this card, you are shown with your feet standing on the Moon, which is a symbol of the mirror of Hathor, the ancient Egyptian goddess of the night sky. This mirror is indicating the need to reflect upon what has happened up until now and the answer will float into the surface level of your mind.

The High Priestess is suppressed in this society, as she is in virtually the whole world at this time. She is the wise woman, who knows without lots of schooling. She has more wisdom and insight in her little finger than most men have in their entire heads. Hers is the ability to use foresight, and to make problems vanish before they grow and multiply. With her insight, we would be able to eradicate the problems of crime without massive expenditures on repressive measures which do nothing to punish the offender, to make him desire change or which give recompense to the victim. With more of her insight, we would be able to find solutions to problems that would completely bypass the ‘us versus them’ approach which characterizes so much of male-dominated society.

The High Priestess stands there, able and willing to guide us through the labyrinth of our own subconscious minds to the point where we can tap into our higher consciousness and begin to remold our own lives. But we must become more willing to be guided by our own intuition.