The Hermit: tarot card meaning

The Hermit is card IX of the Major Arcana, associated with the element of Earth. Drawn upright it speaks of introspection, solitude, inner guidance; reversed, of isolation, loneliness, withdrawal.

Upright meaning

introspection, solitude, inner guidance, wisdom-seeking

Step away from the noise to find your own light -- the needed answer lives in quiet reflection, taken on purpose.

Reversed meaning

isolation, loneliness, withdrawal, fear of being seen

Solitude has slipped into isolation or avoidance -- reach out, and let your light be seen rather than hidden.

Vedic and astrological correspondence

In a three-card reading

In the past position The Hermit describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.