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welcome to Taro Bites. I'm Teresa Reed the Taro Lady.

I'm the creator of the Taro Masterclass and the author of the Tarot Coloring Book. I'm also your host for this

podcast series. This is episode 12 of Tarot Bites, the podcast where I dish out short entertaining bite-size lessons on how to read tarot.

For today's episode, our topic is The High Priestess. Are you ready? Let's begin. So now we come to the first female figure in the

major Akana, the mysterious high priestess. Cloked in blue and White, she's feminine wisdom personified. Now, before we talk about some

possible interpretations, let's take a closer look at some of the symbols in this card

because there are many worth paying attention to.

So I'd like to start by looking at the two pillars

that the figure sits between.

One is black with the letter B and the other is white with the letter J and these pillars

mark the entrance to Solomon's Temple.

The two pillars symbolize duality but also balance. This can indicate that a choice is before you.

Now you'll also notice that strung between these two pillars is a curtain, and curtain represents the doorway to our subconscious.

That curtain is decorated with all kinds of images of pomegranates and pomegranates are a symbol of fertility.

Behind the curtain and look closely, you might not notice this right away, but if you look

there you'll see that there's also a body of water behind that curtain.

And water symbolizes the unconscious.

Author Rachel Pollock has this to say about those pillars in that curtain.

Most people assume we are forbidden to pass the pillars of the High Priestess.

In reality, we simply do not know how to.

To enter the veil would be to know consciously

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