High Priestess-La Sacerdotisa
Upright: Intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine, the subconscious mind.
Reversed: Secrets, disconnected from intuition, withdrawal and silence
The High Priestess card represents complete neutrality. She bears witness to all that's occurred to you and the human race without judgment. The receptivity of the priestess is your personal subconscious and the collective unconscious rolled into one. Does your subconscious reflect what your conscious mind pays attention to? This card represents an introspection, self-reflection, and an intuition. Are you focusing too much on logic and reasoning? Are you distracted by what you can see and not enough by what you feel? A lot of us tend to live by what makes sense to us. It is a way to move forward. It is a way to feel comfortable because we can see it, touch it, and make sense of it. This card is telling you to tap more into the unknown realms of life. The murky areas of feeling and sensing need to come to the forefront this time. Maybe you need to reevaluate something in your life from a different perspective. Bring out your imagination and intuition. Stop looking at the data and forcing an outcome. Trust your instincts and be patient with letting a situation play out on its own. The High Priestess card is an invitation to encourage room for the esoteric mysteries of perception. She is the keeper of how to access the beyond. Listen to her, your inner High Priestess, and you will gain new perspectives.
The High Priestess bears witness to all, as she stands in front of a pile of skulls from the dead of the past. She calls upon the element of air to bring forth knowledge. Her gown is covered with the bones of the living, the present. She wears her heart on her sleeve, as she does not turn away from the intelligence and honesty of emotion. A large sugar skull is behind her, reinforcing the Dia de los Muertos connection between the living and the dead.
This water element card can, in some respects, be considered the highest and holiest of the Greater Arcana. It calls upon you to trust your instincts.