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Cathy McClelland |
If, after reading my previous post and you went "huh?" then I apologise, I know it sort of ended abruptly. Actually there was more but I had to stop because Mind said don't even think of it, Body wasn't willing and Spirit just dared me via the Third Eye. So here I am with the delayed continuation from the previous post.
"I'm a semi-hermit." That's a phrase I've often used to excuse myself from social activities, or to explain why I limit social interaction. To my constant amazement, this phrase has always been well-accepted by the people to whom I speak, with one of them even suggesting that perhaps I was a monk in a previous life!π
For some reason, I've been thinking about this topic of the Hermit a lot. I recalled that there's a Hermit in the Tarot, and wondered what they say about it. I went to Cathy McClelland's page where the above image is from, as well as a detailed write-up about the meaning of this Tarot card.
But this isn't about Tarot, although I'm using the depiction of The Hermit from a Tarot deck. It's about what The Hermit represents ~ in my opinion and in the way I see it ~ in this time of instability and transition where we see a world crumbling and another world birthing at the same time, when the external reality seems to be pulled into extremes, when many are feeling that their foundation is faltering, when confusion and chaos appear to be widespread.
And so I offer my own interpretation of The Hermit and its much-needed influence as we navigate the uncharted territories of an Ascension Cycle like never before.
I see this as a time of The Hermit, one who is energetically removed from the external reality, as an Observer up in his mountain sanctuary that proffers a higher perspective, as the one with a lantern that shines Divine Light, no matter what.
It's like being the Light of EΓ€rendil, the Eternal Light(worker) that shines even when other Light(workers) fail.
I also see The Hermit as one who is deeply and devoutly connected to his Divinity, never wavering even for a nanosecond from the knowledge that All Is Source. Indeed, all is viewed from the lens that transcends human filters and superficial masks. The Hermit works his own Light Magic in his own way to aid the birth of the New while allowing space for the demise of the Old.
The Hermit impels the inward journey towards our True Self and compels course-correction back to Source.
The Hermit's lantern not only lights up the dark but also brings Spiritual Enlightenment, something that the world will increasingly thirst for as we move further into 2025.
Namarie! π