The Hermit: A Tarot Mentors Reflection
featuring the Moonchild Tarot
Hi guys, let’s start with the elephant in the room, shall we: I have not been sharing a whole heck of a lot on here. There’s a lot of reasons for that (new job, lots of personal stuff, my practice is a lot more private, tarot is not my main interest at the moment, etc.) and there are some mixed results from that.
I just spent the last week with The Hermit in the Moonchild Tarot as my mentor card. (If you don’t know what a mentor card is/how I use them... I am pretty sure I have tons of posts on it if you just search tarot mentors on my blog?) Last night was my wrap up reading, because I am currently doing my new mentor draw and card study on Sundays.
From the start, I loved THIS Hermit, because it speaks to my own interpretation of the card really well. Because the figure is a shadow, you cannot really tell if they are entering the cave or leaving it. And that is, really, the crux of my interpretation “there’s a time to go into the cave and there is a time to come out.”
I’ve been doing a lot of “going into the cave” this year. I’ve had to. Partially this is practicality and actual social withdrawal, I work in a very public and social place and that is extremely taxing on an introvert. But, it’s also been a matter of seekership and wisdom finding. When I first joined this community it was like when I was first learning to draw: I was so excited to find other people who were doing it and I wanted to learn their ways. Where I was at this year was probably where I was mid-high school with art: turns out I have different tastes and approaches that work for me and I really wanted to hone those and work on my personal style/practice.
Last night’s draw (pictured above) was a bit of a shakeup of that course. I drew the Page of Wands (finding your THING, enjoying your own lantern light) and the Four of Wands (embracing the community that shares your fire) -- and I am realizing I may be ready for a more balanced approach.
I say ready, because I know I needed to take the time I did. There were some very serious shadows I needed to face alone. No one will fight your dragons for you. But, as I said, there is a time to go into the cave... and there’s a time to come out of it. And there’s a time to commute between the two because there’s stuff in both worlds, the cave and outside, that bring you value.
Anyways, my personal practice is still... pretty freaking personal. But, I want to share some of the breakthroughs with you guys again, when I have them. Like this one. I miss sharing with the community. I miss the chatter, the sharing of ideas and the knowing that we aren’t as alone as we sometimes feel.
I had already talked myself out of making this post this morning, but then I started watching a YouTube vid by @alethiomancer and she was about to bring up The Hermit and I was like “darn it, universe” so I paused the video and here we are. I’m going to go finish watching that video now, but I wanted to leave you guys with something to interact with:
Tell me about your experiences with The Hermit! Make a post and tag me, or leave a comment/reblog/whatever. I want to know. Let’s take a moment to poke our heads out of our caves and share some of this wisdom we’ve been finding. <3
