The High Priestess — Major Arcana II of the Tarot de Marseille

Major Arcana · II

The High Priestess

accumulation of experience

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Meaning

"I am total purity"

I accumulate in order to create a being. To accumulate: an action, a desire, a love…

She is a virgin, incubating, preparing an action

In its negative aspect it can mark a stagnation. Virginity, an enclosure.

Questions to reflect on

  • What do I accumulate?
  • What do I hide?
  • What do I keep within myself, pure and intact?
  • What is my relationship with my mother?
  • Who or what do I criticize without end?
  • What remains intact within me?
  • What do I have, and what am I lacking to reach my goal?
  • What can I learn from this?
  • What does my intuition tell me about the goal I want to achieve?
  • What must I study?
  • What actions must I take to obtain the information I need?
  • What other information do I need to know what steps to take?
  • How much importance am I placing on titles — my own or others' — and how much am I using them as a shield and armor to avoid showing myself as I truly am in my deepest self?