ANGELS
Angel of Intuition and Unconditional love.
Angel of the Spiritual Mother.

CHRISTIAN ARCHETYPE
An example of the Priestess is when Mary Magdalene intuitively went to Christ’s tomb and was the first one to see the Resurrected Christ.

MOVIE ARCHETYPES
Forest Gump: Forest’s childhood sweetheart Jenny.

Wizard of Oz: The Good Witch of the North is the perfect example of the Priestess and Dorothy when she starts out on the Yellow Brick road. The Ruby Slippers are also The Priestess in action.

LEVELS
Physical Level: The High Priestess represents the desire to let go of knowledge and the mind. On the physical level this card it telling you that it is time to seek intuitive counsel. This is a time to begin to learn functional intuitive skills. Start with small steps, like noticing when things around you are repeating. There is no such thing as coincidence. Events that repeat are a sign from the universe to pay attention. Subtlety is an intuitive message coming in from the divine. This is the Priestess at work in your physical world. Take notice of all multiple overlapping messages that are happening in your life and ask yourself the question, “Why does this keep happening? What is the underlying message the universe is trying to tell me?” Angels will try to speak literally through your values and belief systems. So all messages are given in metaphorical ways that you understand or trust. If you trust the Bible, ask a question in your mind and randomly open the book. Where ever your eyes land is the answer. Messages come in the manner in which you understand something. Your angels know what you feel safe with and how you best receive information. If you like animal metaphors the message will show up as animals crossing your path or birds flying in the sky. Your job is to stay alert to all signals that are coming to you from the divine.

Emotional Level: Trust your instincts and open to a bigger plan. But do not go too far out of balance. This cards energy in excess can cause you to become ungrounded. Emotionally this card will attempt to catalyze you into action. You might be feeling the urge to begin a process that will open you to the mystical world, but you may not know how to begin. It is time to listen to the inner impulses of your heart. Let your heart decide as to the proper action at this time. Don’t think! Respond to the natural flow being presented to you. Open to the possibility that magic is happening all the time, but you may not be noticing. Let go of your old emotional pictures of who you are and find out who you might really be inside. Take a risk to find out what you may be hiding from yourself. The best of you may be buried in the deep subconscious of your soul. When you open to the magical elements of the Priestess you discover aspects to your soul that you had hoped were there but never knew where to find them.

Spiritual Level: On this level the Priestess is teaching you to access the place of unconditional love inside yourself. Experience the perfection of this moment. Go back to the place inside where everything is perfect in love. Remember that everything that is happening at this moment is designed to open you to more of yourself. More energy and love is right there waiting for you to claim it. The challenge is to see if you are willing to catalyze yourself into the next level of your spiritual development. This requires an expanded level of trust in your own process and your ability to continue to grow. On this level there are constant small adjustments as your intuition grows and you learn how to stay on your spiritual path.

INTERPRETATION
The Priestess represents the Moon and is the ultimate, magical, feminine card. This is the Spiritual Mother at work in your life. She is the exalted feminine archetype. Like the Moon astrologically, she is the intuitive, mysterious, deep energy that creates changes in your perceptions and your ability to see internally.

Mary Magdalene represents the Spiritual Mother in the Christian model. Mary Magdalene as an archetype assists us in reaching to a higher form of love. It is about love beyond the physical realm. This feminine model represents a very independent and strong aspect within all of us. Mary Magdalene had a love so strong that it went beyond the physical plane into oneness with the divine.

The Priestess card represents the Spiritual Mother figure. When this card appears the intuitive aspect of the feminine is at work in your life. The Priestess card is a spiritual catalyst to ones life. She is mysterious, deep in feeling, empathetic, and pure feminine spiritual consciousness. You could think of it as the angelic feminine. The Priestess is pure in every way, sweet and perceptive, patient and poetic.

The Good Witch of the North, in the Wizard of Oz, aligns with the Priestess. The Good Witch of the North appears from a floating bubble. She magically appears only when she is truly needed. She understands that there is a higher plan for Dorothy. She is there to spiritually inspire and motivate Dorothy. As is typical of the Priestess archtype, she won’t give too much information away. She allows Dorothy to have her experience. Glenda is a guide to this new realm Dorothy has entered but she knows enough to allow the journey to be a mystery to Dorothy. She is a true ally. She will not do the work for Dorothy and allows her to find her own way. Yet, she will protect Dorothy when she falls asleep in the field of poppies. The Priestess gives the message that life needs to be experienced to be understood.

The Priestess is aware that Dorothy must go on this journey. She sees the powerful Good Witch in Dorothy and allows Dorothy to see it in herself.

Glenda asks Dorothy, “Is she is a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?”. This allows Dorothy to think about the nature of her own power, in a very subtle way. Dorothy denies she has any magic at all. She cannot yet see it within herself. That is because she is at the beginning of her journey as a Priestess.

When Dorothy lands in Oz she is challenged to become the Priestess. She is in a world that she doesn’t understand; doesn’t know anything about the people; doesn’t know whether she is in trouble or not for killing the Wicked Witch of the East. She has no choice but to go with the flow. Then the Good Witch of the North shows up to guide her into the new realm of Oz. The ruby slippers also represent the key into the magical intuitive feminine. Once they are placed on her feet the journey begins. That journey will help her find her deepest feelings and desires.

Inside everyone, there is a deep powerful Feminine aspect that is intuitive and knowing. If you deny your mystical feminine, you will live a life of unexpressed creativity. This does not mean everyone is supposed to be a painter. It’s about learning to listen to your deeper feelings and instincts. Life is about learning to trust those feelings and follow their instruction when it is necessary.

Let’s go back to the metaphor of:
0 Fool: represents a new job.
I Magician: represents a desire to learn new skills for the job. Seeking knowledge.
II Priestess: represents a desire to access a deeper creative side to find the solution.

The Priestess reminds us that most things cannot be just cognitively learned. You can learn skills. Then you must use them creatively in your own way. Knowledge (Magician) allows your mind to trust. When the mind lets go then instinct takes over (The Priestess).

Think of it like a ballet dancer. Dancers learn skills day in and day out. The body is trained with the mind. But, when a dancer goes out on stage they are not thinking about what the next step is, and if they can do it. They let go of the mind and find the magic within the flow of the steps. Then something happens that is transcendent. It goes beyond the choreography into something divine. This is the work of the Priestess card.

Babies are very connected to the divine mother. Babies love unconditionally. Babies believe that all their needs will get taken care of. For a baby in the womb of their mother, there is magically food when she or he needs it. They have perfect trust in the divine. They believe that they and the mother are one. This is why as grownups we are so drawn to them. When we are with small babies it opens us back up to the parts of ourself that are connected to spirit. We remember once again how to trust. As our hearts open we become happier and more at peace with our essential nature.

So when this card shows up, it is letting you know that something magical can happen if you just let go. Listen to your gut feelings rather than to your mind. It is time to integrate the knowledge you have learned in a more creative way. It is time to learn to let knowledge expand beyond the present form and beyond your minds perception.

The Priestess is about functional intuition in action. The Priestess is about Divine Love and intervention; not human love.

When this card shows up it is a challenge to go within and listen to the small feelings inside. Trust your intuition and allow something to be creatively expressed. The answer at this time cannot be found logically or through seeking cognitive knowledge. It is to be found experientially in the divine realm of magic.