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Intuition and Faith: The High Priestess teaches us to look beyond the obvious
The best way to talk about The High Priestess is using the parallel drawn by Arthur Waite, who saw in the card a symbolic pair of The Magician. His reasoning attributes to The High Priestess the same powers as the tarot card number 1, but with female polarities.
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The High Priestess would then be the Yin version of The Magician. Intuition versus intellect, patience versus impulse, passive disposition instead of active force.
Its symbology is attributed to the moment when, after starting the journey, the hero senses something important and pays attention to his intuition. It is also that moment when only faith can carry you forward.
In pop culture, we see good examples that illustrate this idea. Like the scene where Indiana Jones, facing the precipice, takes a leap of faith and wins his last challenge in the quest for the Holy Grail (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -1989).
