2 The High Priestess

In the interest of full disclosure, I bring to this card many thoughts and feelings. Before I look at the representations in the Tiger Tarot and the Motherpeace, I’ll share the predetermining sense I have of this persona, The High Priestess.

My familiarity with her comes strongly from the Rider Waite Smith card. Here a woman with a crown representing the phases of the moon sits between two columns, one black and one white. She is a channel herself and with or without judgment provides divination regardless of its rightness and goodness, represented by the white column and it’s evil and darkness, represented by the black column. She does not discern good luck and bad luck, just as in the story of the farmer who makes no judgment about whether his luck is good or bad. But his neighbors judge.

The story of the farmer goes along like this:

Once there was a farmer and he had a herd of horses. They all, but one, were lost due to a hole in the fence through which they departed.

“Oh what bad luck” said his neighbors.

“Good luck, bad luck,” he replied.

His son took the one last horse left them and ventured out to find their horses. He returned with double the amount of horses because his domesticated herd had connected with a herd of wild horses and the son was able to corral them all.

“What good luck,” said his neighbors.

“Good luck, bad luck,” said the farmer, as though he believed in neither.