II — The High Priestess
Inner knowing, and the answer you have not said out loud.
- Arcana
- Major
- Number
- II
- Traditional element
- Water
- Traditional astrology
- The Moon
- Paired Solfeggio tone
- 852 Hz
The High Priestess upright
Keywords: Inner knowing, Patience, Withheld answer, Threshold.
The High Priestess stands for what you already know and have not admitted. Traditionally she is the threshold card — the one that says the information is internal rather than external, and that waiting can be a legitimate action rather than a failure to act.
The High Priestess reversed
Keywords: Disconnection, Secrecy, Ignoring the signal.
Reversed is commonly read as disconnection from that inner signal, or as secrecy kept past its usefulness. Either way the question is the same: what do you know that you keep declining to hear?
Sit with this
What answer do you already have, that you are still collecting other people's opinions about?
The paired tone
852 Hz is traditionally paired with the third eye and with intuition — the closest correspondence in the Solfeggio set to this card's subject.
Common questions
What does The High Priestess mean in tarot?
Inner knowing, and the answer you have not said out loud. The High Priestess stands for what you already know and have not admitted. Traditionally she is the threshold card — the one that says the information is internal rather than external, and that waiting can be a legitimate action rather than a failure to act.
What does The High Priestess reversed mean?
Reversed is commonly read as disconnection from that inner signal, or as secrecy kept past its usefulness. Either way the question is the same: what do you know that you keep declining to hear?
Is The High Priestess a good card?
Neither. On this site no card is read as good or bad luck — The High Priestess is a frame for looking at a situation, and whether that frame is welcome depends entirely on what you are looking at.
This card is a reflection prompt, not a prediction.