The Hermit represents introspection, solitude, retreat, and reflection.
The Hermit card shows an aged monk carrying a lantern and using his staff for support as he faces a barren landscape. The Fool has had to deal with all the elements of life, hate, love, fights, compromise, success and failure. He needs to retreat to regain his energies.
This card suggests that it is time for introspection and reflection. You can socialize later, but now you need to take stock and enjoy the tranquility that comes from solitude. There might be a sense of frustration or discontent, but in the end, you will achieve clarity and illumination.
There are times in every life, when one must step back and make a careful examination of their situations and decisions through introspection. Finding the Hermit in your spread suggests this is just such a time for you. You are in need of a period of inner reflection and solitude, away from the current demands of your position. This retreat can be physical, or a search within. Only a deep reflection and honest introspection will lead to a solution.
Mother Nature, my Spirit Guide, Guardian Angels, and Spirits of the Earth, I ask for your help and guidance with this reading.
Guard me with a circle of white, joyous light – encapsulated in shimmering purple – and send my grounding cord deep into the Earth.
Please speak to me through this Tarot reading and guide me on my journey towards an answer.
