Hemera
This must be one of my all time favourite Hermit cards. There just seems to be everything in place in this card; the quiet solitude, the introversion, the gentle quiet togetherness, the guidance. This is also a very feminine card compared to the old bearded male sages in their distant mountains, or some version thereof, that one often sees in the Hermit. I feel more Crone-kind-of energy in this card.
There are two snail ladies who seem to be slowly circling a big mandala floor that makes me think of a circus ring. The snail ladies are dressed in long peppermint striped dresses and they each carry a light in their hand. I think they could also be squirrels who have a fluffy peppermint striped tail, but they seem to move so slowly that I like to see them as snails. Whatever they are, they each seem to drag something that looks like a burden behind them. Their eyes are closed so they are both looking inward but they are also guiding themselves and each other with that light that they carry. They illuminate the path and the whole area for us. They are both circling their own individual path but they are together in it.
LWB: Be silent for a time and shut out all external influence. Retreat into solitude to see your way more clearly.
Key concepts: Wisdom, solitude, a spiritual guide or mentor.
There are two snail ladies who seem to be slowly circling a big mandala floor that makes me think of a circus ring. The snail ladies are dressed in long peppermint striped dresses and they each carry a light in their hand. I think they could also be squirrels who have a fluffy peppermint striped tail, but they seem to move so slowly that I like to see them as snails. Whatever they are, they each seem to drag something that looks like a burden behind them. Their eyes are closed so they are both looking inward but they are also guiding themselves and each other with that light that they carry. They illuminate the path and the whole area for us. They are both circling their own individual path but they are together in it.
LWB: Be silent for a time and shut out all external influence. Retreat into solitude to see your way more clearly.
Key concepts: Wisdom, solitude, a spiritual guide or mentor.