CARD OF THE DAY: April 1, 2022

 The Hermit

The Nigel Jackson Tarot

by Nigel Jackson

 

April 1, 2022:  Oh, my! It's April Fool's Day! Perhaps we should have had The Fool for today's card. But instead, we're revisiting The Hermit, this time through the sensibilities of artist Nigel Jackson and his eponymous Tarot deck.

When last we saw The Hermit, it was in the shape of an orange elder kitty, perched on a stack of books, gazing down on an inquisitive black kitten--potential mentor and mentee. Jackson's image is more traditional, of course, showing an aged sage making his way through a high, cold, forbidding environment where he's guaranteed the solitude he desires.

I do want to draw your attention, though, to the tiny bag our Hermit wears around his waist. Recall that The Fool, traditionally, also carries a tiny sack or satchel. Both archetypal figures travel light, refusing to be weighed down with too many things in the hand, on the back, and even in the mind--despite the access that The Hermit has to a reservoir of knowledge through daily meditative practice. Or, perhaps, because of the need to make space for that knowledge from the universe, not clogging the mind with the stuff of busy life among mortals.

The gleaming stars and lantern recall the element of fire and light the way, and the magickal wand (also related to fire) has become a helpful walking stick.

Understand that sometimes holding space for yourself, your privacy, your sacred time is the best gift you can give yourself (and others). Understand that times of solitude need not be perceived and experienced as loneliness. Understand how truly and profoundly you are connected to the All and how typically society's restrictions, demands, and distractions keep you from being aware and drawing on that knowledge and power.

The Hermit holds the lantern and shows the way.

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