Tarot card

The Hermit

Step back and turn inward. Your own lantern lights the way.

Upright

Keywords: solitude, soul-searching, inner guidance, wisdom

Reversed

Alone time has tipped into isolation, or you're too busy to listen to yourself.

Keywords: isolation, loneliness, avoiding yourself

Card IX of the Major Arcana, one stop on the Fool’s Journey.

Journal prompt

What would you hear if you got quiet?

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Card art by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1909 deck. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.