The High Priestess represents our connection to our lunar nature and trusting our instincts, subconscious influences that are hidden beneath the surface.  She suggests a need to pay attention to subtleties.  But it also indicates a need to connect with our inner wisdom and deep spiritual knowledge.  This card is the 2nd Major Arcana card.  Twos symbolize formation, polarity, balance, and the coming together of opposites.  The High Priestess is the guardian of the veil, the guide through to the unseen world of intuition, inner wisdom and self-knowledge.  She represents a woman's individual nature - apart from family responsibilities and expectations.  The High Priestess is a card of intuition and listening to your inner voice.  

"Negative:  You're getting too much into your meditative world.  You are too isolated and removed from others or form the material world.
Reversed:  You are tuning in to the Universe on a private level.  People may not even be aware that you're doing it.  They may vaguely sense that you're not quite all "here" but they aren't sure why.  You may not be meditating in an obvious way but you are finding a personal way of tuning in and becoming more aware of your spiritual wholeness." - Gail Fairfield

Boy, she is a tough one for me.  The High Priestess and I have established a relationship of respectful distance.  I keep my distance from her and she doesn't hit me in the head too hard.  I think the issues I have with the High Priestess are connected to the issues I have with Cups.  I just find it difficult to trust my intuition and don't want to explore my feelings.  I have spent years developing this crusty outer layer so I'm not giving it up that easily.  I also realize that part of my issues with Cups and the High Priestess have to do with strength and power.  In my experience, someone who is more yin or passive tends to get trampled and taken advantage of.  It was the dominant yang energy that ruled the day in my upbringing.

However as I look at the High Priestess and thing about that energy in my life, I realize that I have met a number of wonderful, wise and strong women who are calm, yin and powerful.  They have manifested many wonderful things in their own lives and are generous enough to help and nurture others manifest wonderful things in theirs.  These magical ladies have opened my eyes to a world that does not require dominance or aggressiveness.  They have shown me that a quiet but firm answer is just as strong as a loud-voiced one.  They are teaching me to be a bit gentler and softer.  They have helped me appreciate the blessings of the High Priestess.

So this post is in honor of those wonderful, strong and High Priestess-y women I've been blessed with in my own life.  Thank you and may your lives be full of blessings and joy.