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The “High Priestess” is the third card of the Major Arcana in tarot. The High Priestess represents intuition, the unconscious mind, sacred knowledge, and the divine feminine. Much of her symbolism is derived from Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring growth and the Queen of the Underworld. In this work, she is depicted as a golden skeleton, representing her association with spring (the sun) and with death. She has narcissus flowers in her hair which she was gathering when Hades took her to the Underworld, and are now associated with the cycle of life and death. Traditionally, The High Priestess is depicted with pomegranates to symbolize her connection to fertility, abundance, and the divine feminine, which also furthers her association with Persephone. She is also shown between two pillars that symbolize duality--the masculine and feminine, conscious and unconscious, darkness and light. The crescent moon represents her connection to the divine feminine, the subconscious, and the cycles of the moon, continuing the association with Persephone as a goddess of duality--of both life and death, with feet in two worlds.
The “High Priestess” is the third card of the Major Arcana in tarot. The High Priestess represents intuition, the unconscious mind, sacred knowledge, and the divine feminine. Much of her symbolism is derived from Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring growth and the Queen of the Underworld. In this work, she is depicted as a golden skeleton, representing her association with spring (the sun) and with death. She has narcissus flowers in her hair which she was gathering when Hades took her to the Underworld, and are now associated with the cycle of life and death. Traditionally, The High Priestess is depicted with pomegranates to symbolize her connection to fertility, abundance, and the divine feminine, which also furthers her association with Persephone. She is also shown between two pillars that symbolize duality--the masculine and feminine, conscious and unconscious, darkness and light. The crescent moon represents her connection to the divine feminine, the subconscious, and the cycles of the moon, continuing the association with Persephone as a goddess of duality--of both life and death, with feet in two worlds.