The Veracity of Our Intuition: The High Priestess in the Tarot

(Based on the representations found on the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.)

Intuition. This is the word most often associated with the High Priestess. It seems almost paradoxical: we turn to the Tarot for oracular guidance, but, in pulling this card, the seer from whom we seek answers asks us to find them within ourselves.

Oracles, like the famous one at Delphi, peppered the ancient world. From Egypt to Assyria to Greece and beyond, these channelers appeared to share some characteristics in common: first…