Daimayo
Hi all... somebody can explain me the differences between these two cards??... I really have some troubles reading this two.
Thanks for advance
Thanks for advance
mtnmermaid said:The Magician is the Priestess's counterpart and she's just as tricky as him.
.The strongest evidence that the Papess is meant to represnt Isis comes from a mural in the Appartamento Borgia in the Vatican. In the painting, Isis is seated on a throne with two pillars and a veil stretched between. She is also holding a book in her lap.
Personally, I don't see the Priestess as "just as tricky as him[Magician]." He's a coyote/trickster who doesn't always have the well-being of a person in mind. He can be a manipulator and a con-man (although that's far from all that he is). My experience of the Priestess is quite different.mtnmermaid said:So you don't like "tricky?" What would you call it instead? Mysterious? Unknowable? Because you seem to disagree more with the word itself than with my description of her qualities.
Sometimes she works in this way but, IMHO, that's not all she is. I simply prefer to keep the options open. For instance, the Priestess can also pair with the Hermit (who Waite, in one place, says is Persephone - although I see the Hermit as her Hecate-manifestation). The Moon rules Cancer, so in terms of Golden Dawn correspondences (not that these are necessary "right") - the Cancer Chariot becomes the son/lover of the Moon Priestess. The Moon is exalted (operates at it's best) in Taurus - the Hierophant. He is the "speaker/revealer of mysteries" - specifically the Eleusinian mysteries of Demeter and Persephone.I've never liked the title High Priestess because it does make her seem like the Hierophant's (in some decks the High Priest) female counterpart.
She's also the hidden, inner sanctuary of the Hierophant's outer church.To me the Priestess would be more aptly named Oracle or something like that. She's the conceal to the Magician's reveal, the unconscious to his conscious.
That's what's great about Tarot - it can be seen in so many different ways.I don't see a need for a counterpart card to Strength either.