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Oh, My Goodness, Look Who Just Flew In….

It’s The Wild & Crazy Witch!

Well, ok, it’s the Wild & Crazy Walking Witch!

For those of you who are new to the WOTC, when the Wild & Crazy Witch shows up, she brings some special things with her. For example, she might bring, “Magickal Hints & Tips,” “The Witch Said What,” or “Free Printable Spells for Your BOS.”

As you know, all our information is free for you to use because we started out as a Pagan Resource Center. See anything that the Wild & Crazy Witch has brought us today, feel free to snag it for your site. She brings some pretty good stuff, at times, lol!

Enjoy!

This One is Personal, I See This Little Wooly Things All The Time…..

 

WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLARS AND WEATHER PREDICTION

USING WOOLLY WORMS FOR A WINTER FORECAST
By Catherine Boeckmann

The woolly bear caterpillar—also called woolly worm and fuzzy worm—has the reputation of being able to forecast the coming winter weather. Whether this is fact or folklore, learn more about this legendary caterpillar and how to “read” the worm.

Here’s the legend: The Woolly Bear caterpillar has 13 distinct segments of either rusty brown or black. The wider the rusty brown sections (or the more brown segments there are), the milder the coming winter will be. The more black there is, the more severe the winter.

HOW THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR BECAME “FAMOUS”

  • In the fall of 1948, Dr. C. H. Curran, curator of insects at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, took his wife 40 miles north of the city to Bear Mountain State Park to look at woolly bear caterpillars.
  • Dr. Curran collected as many caterpillars as he could in a day, determined the average number of reddish-brown segments, and forecast the coming winter weather through a reporter friend at The New York Herald Tribune.
  • Dr. Curran’s experiment, which he continued over the next eight years, attempted to prove scientifically a weather rule of thumb that was as old as the hills around Bear Mountain. The resulting publicity made the woolly worm the most recognizable caterpillar in North America.

WHAT IS THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR?

The caterpillar Curran studied, the banded woolly bear, is the larval form of Pyrrharctia isabella, the Isabella tiger moth.

  • This medium-size moth, with yellowish-orange and cream-colored wings spotted with black, is common from northern Mexico throughout the United States and across the southern third of Canada.
  • As moths go, the Isabella isn’t much to look at compared with other species, but its immature larva, called the black-ended bear or the woolly bear (and, throughout the South, woolly worm) is one of the few caterpillars most people can identify.
  • Woolly bears do not actually feel much like wool—they are covered with short, stiff bristles of hair.
  • In field guides, they’re found among the “bristled” species, which include the all-yellow salt marsh caterpillar and several species in the tiger moth family. Not all are ‘woolly bears!’
  • Woolly bears, like other caterpillars, hatch during warm weather from eggs laid by a female moth.
  • Mature woolly bears search for overwintering sites under bark or inside cavities of rocks or logs. (That’s why you see so many of them crossing roads and sidewalks in the fall.)
  • When spring arrives, woolly bears spin fuzzy cocoons and transform inside them into full-grown moths.
  • Typically, the bands at the ends of the caterpillar are black, and the one in the middle is brown or orange, giving the woolly bear its distinctive striped appearance.

DO WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLARS FORECAST WINTER WEATHER?

Between 1948 and 1956, Dr. Curran’s average brown-segment counts ranged from 5.3 to 5.6 out of the 13-segment total, meaning that the brown band took up more than a good third of the woolly bear’s body. The corresponding winters were milder than average, and Dr. Curran concluded that the folklore has some merit and might be true.

But Curran was under no scientific illusion: He knew that his data samples were small. Although the experiments legitimized folklore to some, they were simply an excuse for having fun. Curran, his wife, and their group of friends escaped the city to see the foliage each fall, calling themselves The Original Society of the Friends of the Woolly Bear.

Thirty years after the last meeting of Curran’s society, the woolly bear brown-segment counts and winter forecasts were resurrected by the nature museum at Bear Mountain State Park. The annual counts have continued, more or less tongue in cheek, since then.

For the past 10 years, Banner Elk, North Carolina, has held an annual “Woolly Worm Festival” each October, highlighted by a caterpillar race. Retired mayor Charles Von Canon inspects the champion woolly bear and announces his winter forecast.

If the rusty band is wide, then it will be a mild winter. The more black there is, the more severe the winter. 

Most scientists discount the folklore of woolly bear predictions as just that, folklore. Says Ferguson from his office in Washington, “I’ve never taken the notion very seriously. You’d have to look at an awful lot of caterpillars in one place over a great many years in order to say there’s something to it.”

Mike Peters, an entomologist at the University of Massachusetts, doesn’t disagree, but he says there could, in fact, be a link between winter severity and the brown band of a woolly bear caterpillar. “There’s evidence,” he says, “that the number of brown hairs has to do with the age of the caterpillar—in other words, how late it got going in the spring. The [band] does say something about a heavy winter or an early spring. The only thing is … it’s telling you about the previous year.”

Every year, the wooly worms do indeed look different—and it depends on their region. So, if you come across a local woolly worm, observe the colors of the bands and what they foretell about your winter weather.

Source

The 2019 Old Farmer’sAlmanac

 

The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Mar. 24: HOW INSECTS PREDICT WEATHER

 

HOW INSECTS PREDICT WEATHER

INSECTS AND CREEPY-CRAWLIES THAT FORECAST WEATHER
By The Editors
January 29, 2019

Next time you see an insect, check out what it’s doing! It could let you know something about the upcoming weather. Check out our weather proverbs about insects and other creepy-crawlies.

INSECT WEATHER FOLKLORE

Observe ants, bees, fireflies, and you’ll see they give us cues about upcoming weather, too! Here is folklore from our Almanac archives:

  1. If ants their walls do frequent build, rain will from the clouds be spilled.
  2. Ants are busy, gnats bite, crickets sing louder than usual, spiders come down from their webs, and flies gather in houses just before rain.
  3. When bees to distance wing their flight, days are warm and skies are bright; But when their flight ends near their come, stormy weather is sure to come.
  4. Fireflies in great numbers indicates fair weather.
  5. When hornets build their nests near the ground, expect a cold and early winter.
  6. When cicadas are heard, dry weather will follow, and frost will come in six weeks.

CRICKETS’ CHIRPS

This actually isn’t folklore. Crickets’ chirps are proven to measure temperature. They chirp more frequently in warm weather. The equation for calculating the temperature from a cricket involves counting the chirps for fourteen to fifteen seconds. Then, an amount is added to the count to calculate a temperature in Fahrenheit degrees.

SPIDER FOLKLORE

Of course, spiders are not insects (which have six legs). They are arthropods. Observe their motion and their webs closely to gauge weather.

  1. When spiders’ webs in air do fly, the spell will soon be very dry.
  2. Spiders in motion indicate rain.
  3. When spiderwebs are wet with dew that soon dries, expect a fine day.
  4. Spiderwebs floating at autumn sunset bring a night frost, this you may bet.

WOOLLY WORMS’ BANDS

Certainly, many of you may have heard of the woolly bear’s claim forecast winter weather (also called woolly worm). These caterpillars have black and brown bands; according to folklore, more black than brown indicates a harsh, cold winter while more brown than black points to a mild winter.

REPTILES

Observe reptiles as weather predictors, too!

  • The louder the frogs, the more the rain.
  • Frogs singing in the evening indicates fair weather the next day.
  • Hang up a snakeskin and it will bring rain.

Cows, sheep, cats, and mammals have their cues, too.

 

The Old Farmer’s Almanac

 

The Old Farmer’s Almanac For Mar. 24: PREDICT TEMPERATURE WITH CRICKET CHIRPS

 

PREDICT TEMPERATURE WITH CRICKET CHIRPS

THE CRICKET AS A THERMOMETER
By Catherine Boeckmann

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN TELL THE TEMPERATURE BY COUNTING THE CHIRPS OF A CRICKET? IT’S TRUE! HERE’S THE FORMULA.

Back in 1897, a scientist named Amos Dolbear published an article “The Cricket as a Thermometer” that noted the correlation between the ambient temperature and the rate at which crickets chirp.

The formula expressed in that article became known as Dolbear’s Law. It’s surprisingly simple:

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit 
Just count the number of chirps in 14 seconds, then add 40 to get the temperature.

The number you get will be an approximation of the outside temperature.

Example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius

Count the number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get the temperature.

Example: 48 chirps /(divided by) 3 + 4 = 20° C

Use the method you prefer and then convert to degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit using our temperature converter.

To find out this week’s weather in your region, see our seven-day forecast. (See which one’s more accurate! 🙂

WHY DO CRICKETS CHIRP?

So, how do crickets make that chirping sound? Chirping is a cricket’s way of communicating. Male crickets use chirping to attract females, scare off other males, or warn of danger.

Contrary to popular belief, crickets do not use their legs to chirp! In fact, crickets produce the iconic sound by rubbing the edges of their wings together. The male cricket rubs a scraper (a sharp ridge on his wing) against a series of wrinkles, or “files”, on the other wing. The tone of the chirping depends upon the distance between the wrinkles.

There are several reasons why crickets chirp. They may be:

  • Calling to attract a female with a a loud and monotonous sound
  • Courting a nearby female with a quick, softer chirp
  • Behaving aggressively during the encounter of two males
  • Sounding a danger alert when sensing trouble

Crickets are part of the family Orthoptera (grasshoppers and katydids).

Source

The Old Farmer’s Almanac

The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Mar. 24: PREDICTING WEATHER WITH ANIMALS

PREDICTING WEATHER WITH ANIMALS

By The Editors

Observe animals and you’ll see that they, too, have their own ways of predicting weather. Here are some animal weather proverbs and prognostics.

Perhaps the most folklore is about cows. Certainly, their bodies are affected by changes in air pressure.  This is also true of sheep, cats, and other animals.

  • If a cow stands with its tail to the west, the weather is said to be fair.
  • If a cow grazes with its tail to the east, the weather is likely to turn sour.

This is some true here. Animals graze with their tail toward the wind so that if a predator sneaks up behind them, the wind will help catch the scent of the predator and prevent an attack. The cow’s prediction might also be wrong during a hurricane

OBSERVING ANIMALS TO PREDICT RAIN

  • Expect rain when dogs eat grass, cats purr and wash, sheep turn into the wind, oxen sniff the air, and swine are restless.
  • If the bull leads the cows to pasture, expect rain; if the cows precede the bull, the weather will be uncertain.
  • When cats sneeze, it is a sign of rain.
  • When cattle lie down in the pasture, it indicates early rain.
  • When horses and cattle stretch out their necks and sniff the air, it will rain.

Woolly bear caterpillars are famous for their winter predictions. Photo by sillyputtyenemies/Wikimedia.

CAN ANIMALS PREDICT WINTER WEATHER?

  • Woolly bear caterpillars are said to be winter weather predictors: The more brown they have on their bodies, the milder winter will be.
  • If the mole digs its hole 2½ feet deep, expect severe weather; if two feet deep, not so severe; if one foot deep, a mild winter.
  • When pigs gather leaves and straw in fall, expect a cold winter.
  • When rabbits are fat in October and November, expect a long, cold winter.

 

OTHER WEATHER FOLKLORE

  • If sheep ascend hills and scatter, expect clear weather.
  • Bats flying late in the evening indicates fair weather.
  • Wolves always howl more before a storm.

LEARN MORE

Birds and insects may be the best weather predictors of them all.

Did you know that you can also predict the temperature by measuring how often crickets chirp?

Source

The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Your Daily Rune for March 24th is Tiwaz

Tiwaz

What is higher than the self is the Self become Higher.”

Tiwaz – “Tea-waz” – Literally: “The god, Tyr” – Esoteric: Justice, Sacrifice

Rune of the balance and justice ruled from a higher rationality. The rune of sacrifice of the individual (self) for well-being of the whole (society).

Psi: spiritual warrior, honour, righteousness

Energy: sovereign order, sacrifice, right decision making

Mundane: the rule of law, fairness, peace keeping

Divinations: faith, loyalty, justice, rationality, self-sacrifice, analysis, victory, honesty, even-handedness; or mental paralysis, over analysis, over-sacrifice, injustice, imbalance, defeat, tyranny.

Governs:
Obtaining just victory and success in battle, litigation or legal matters
Building spiritual will and development of sound judgement
Develops the power of positive self-sacrifice
Develops the “force of faith” in magic and religion

Your Ogham Reading for March 24 is Onn-Gorse

Your Ogham Reading for March 24

Onn-Gorse

While it also may have thorns, Gorse is known for a vibrant yellow flower that can last almost year round. For this reason this plant has become a symbol of vitality. It may be hardy and have some thorns but it protects wildlife and shines bright for everyone to see. When you draw this letter keep in mind optimism, positivity, and vigor. With Onn you will prevail as long as you keep your flower in bloom!

Fortune – This Ogham tells you that you will prevail! Stay happy and optimistic and everything you seek will turn out great!

WELCOME SPRING (AND GROWTH) WITH YOUR ARIES SEASON TAROTSCOPE

WELCOME SPRING (AND GROWTH) WITH YOUR ARIES SEASON TAROTSCOPE

  • PER ERIK BORJA

As the sun shifts into Aries, spirit offers an encompassing message for all signs to ponder. Picture icicles thawing and fresh leaves catching the droplets of water. There is a feeling of growth, spring, and the (natural) warming of Mother Earth.

Our past experiences, though frigid and difficult, can actually bring new life. By healing and transmuting heartbreaks, failures, disappointments, we give ourselves the chance to be reborn. The key is to find the lessons in the past, to not hold on to the hurts, and to let experiences move through us.

As the ice becomes water, allow what was to transform so that it may nurture us and fuel us to forge ahead in the next cycle of our life.

Your intuited Tarotscope will help you tune into what your soul needs to focus on or address during this Aries season. Read with your sun, moon, and rising signs in mind.

ARIES

QUEEN OF WANDS AND KING OF CUPS

Dear Aries, during your birth season, you are asked to embody the nurturing quality of fire and the powerful force of water.

The Queen of Wands is warmth and grace, her fire burns gently and steadily. Her charisma radiates and attracts others like moths to a flame. She has a beauty not dependent on her physical appearance, but her glowing aura. The King of Cups is emotional depth. He wants to know you—not what you do and who you hang out with, but instead what inspires you, what brings you joy, what hardships from the past brought you here.

The Queen asks you to carry quiet confidence, to be authentic in who you are, as there is no need to boast or seek attention. The King asks you to connect with others on a deeper level, to see past a person’s presentation, and into their soul.

 

TAURUS

THE HANGED MAN AND 6 OF PENTACLES

Dear Taurus, this Aries season it is time to pause and carefully examine your beliefs around the universal principles of giving and receiving.

The 6 of Pentacles is about generosity and charity—whether you are the one doing the offering or the one on the receiving end. Gifts, money, and favors are all forms of energy, and energy wants to move, and expand, and transform. If you fear scarcity, you block the energy of giving, if you feel unworthy, you block the energy of receiving.

The Hanged Man invites you to look inward, to be aware of how you feel when someone asks you for assistance, any sort of assistance, and to be aware of how you feel when others try to help and assist you. To be in alignment with abundance, we must prove to ourselves and the universe that we can give without expectation, and we can receive without shame.

 

GEMINI

5 OF SWORDS AND THE STAR

Dear Gemini, this Aries season it is time to forgive, not because what happened to you was okay, but because you owe it to yourself to feel better.

The 5 of Swords validates that at some point in the past, we have all been involved in conflict and turmoil. We’ve engaged in heated arguments, we have dragged each other through the mud and destroyed each other’s characters. The Star calls you to forgive, to forgive others or to forgive yourself. Because on the other side of hurt and anger, there is light, there is healing, there is hope—and beauty.

It is in your power to receive this grace, we cannot change the past, but with intention, we can send healing energy to what happened, and to everyone involved. It is your choice whether you want to stay in your turmoil—or let it all go.

CANCER

10 OF SWORDS AND 3 OF SWORDS

Dear Cancer, this Aries season let us look deeply within to uncover the hurts we still hold on to. We call it heartbreak because that is what it literally feels like. It feels as if our hearts are being stabbed, cut open, left to bleed and suffer. The 3 of Swords knows this pain, and it knows that it is a part of life, part of the contrasts.

The 10 of Swords offers relief from this pain, not through forgetting it or pretending like it wasn’t as severe as it was, but through acknowledging that we have gone through it, and we are transformed because of it.

Be aware of how we keep picking at the scab, preventing the wound from healing. Perhaps the pain will not fully go away, not yet, but through acceptance and insight, we can find the hidden gifts in these tragic experiences. We can acknowledge the strength we gained, and the new person we have become.

 

LEO

QUEEN OF CUPS AND 4 OF PENTACLES

Dear Leo, this Aries season become aware of your motivations. Do you aspire out of fear or out of love?

The 4 of Pentacles speaks to attachment—to money, to material things, to a false sense of security. Are we driven only by what we can physically attain? The Queen of Cups asks us to balance our quest for material abundance, which in itself is not wrong, with heart and spirit. She is nurturing, intuitive, loving and spiritually minded.

There is a reason why even the most famous and rich feel empty. It is because money does not fill your soul. Helping others, healing others, caring for others, guiding others, connecting. This is what it’s about.

It is time to be mindful of our aspirations. It is time to put our efforts into what truly matters, whatever that means for you.

 

VIRGO

10 OF PENTACLES AND PAGE OF WANDS

Dear Virgo, this Aries season ask yourself what “making it” means to you. For a lot of people, it used to be a nice house, a fast car, a beautiful family, a 401k, and retirement at an early age. It is okay to strive for this, but consciousness is changing.

The 10 of Pentacles asks us to review what would make us truly happy? What would make us feel like we truly made it? Not by society’s standards, but by our own. The Page of Wands invites fun and adventure into this inquiry. She wants us to be free, to not buy into what everyone tells us happiness should be.

What is your version of a happy home, a harmonious family, a successful career, a life fulfilled?

 

LIBRA

THE SUN AND THE CHARIOT

Dear Libra, this Aries season, you are invited to move forward toward the next chapter of your life with joy and vitality.

The Sun blesses you with clarity, optimism, and warmth. This does not mean that everything will be magical all of the time, but it does mean that no matter what happens, you know you will always be okay. You understand that the dark nights and destructive storms always give way to bright, clear skies.

The Chariot assists you in moving through whatever you are experiencing with power and conviction. If you are facing difficulties at this time, tap into the warrior inside to conquer your obstacles. If your life is wonderful at the moment, tap into the present, be in your physical body, and express your appreciation.

Celebrate life, and even if things are hard for you, celebrate the knowing that it is only temporary. Have faith and shift your perspective, you will have the opportunity to make things better because it is your divine right to experience happiness.

 

SCORPIO

ACE OF WANDS AND THE FOOL

Dear Scorpio, this Aries season is the true start of your new year.

If you feel that the new year has been heavy and dark, the Ace of Wands and The Fool make an appearance to signify new energy, new excitement, and new beginnings.

Know that these are only invitations, the fire of the Ace of Wands is the spark of inspiration, but you have to feed the fire, you have to put the effort, and it is your responsibility to push forward to fruition. The Fool marks this new cycle—carry only what you can, there is no room for oversized baggage. The Fool asks you to be light, to integrate the wisdom from the past, but to not be caged by it. Be open to taking risks, be open to the unknown, be like a child, wide-eyed and curious, ready to take on the world.

 

SAGITTARIUS

3 OF WANDS AND STRENGTH

Dear Sagittarius, this Aries season you have the opportunity to expand and make progress, and if it doesn’t make you a little bit anxious or scared, you aren’t challenging yourself enough.

The 3 of Wands is about direction, a plan of action, and doing all you can to follow through on your goals. How amazing it is when you are in the zone when everything is working out just as you had planned. You can feel the momentum, and nothing can stop you, you are emboldened and energized.

However, what if something unexpected happens? What if you begin to feel fear? What if an aspect of your goal completely falls apart? The Strength card lends her power to assist you, to remind you of the importance of perseverance. When we hit a roadblock, we can maneuver around it, plow through it, climb over it, or even dig under it. On your journey, Strength asks you to be nimble, to be flexible, and to know that these difficulties will only make you wiser and more capable.

 

CAPRICORN

JUSTICE AND 8 OF SWORDS

Dear Capricorn, this Aries season you are being guided to release the beliefs and patterns that limit your growth.

The Justice card deals with fairness, truth, and balance. It also asks us to take responsibility for where we are and to review how our past actions have led us to our present circumstance, whether positive or negative.

With the 8 of Swords—which deals with false entrapment and blocked energy usually by our own cause—we must look at the ways we have held ourselves back. Ask yourself if you ever stopped yourself from asking that person out, or going after that promotion, or speaking your truth, because you justified in your head that you weren’t attractive enough, or qualified, or that no one wanted to hear what you had to say.

Let’s put our ego on trial and take our power back. You are truly the only one who can make you feel small, and you are truly the only one who can make you understand your worth.

 

AQUARIUS

2 OF SWORDS AND THE EMPEROR

Dear Aquarius, this Aries season you are guided to lead yourself—to carefully weigh your options then stand by your choices.

The 2 of Swords often signifies indecision, lack of clarity, and the need to gain more information before choosing a path. It is okay to take your time to do this, but once you do, have conviction. It is a waste of time and energy to always go back and forth to wallow in regret.

The Emperor stands by you and reassures you that even if you made the wrong decision, there is a reason. There is something you needed to learn. He does not see failure, only opportunities to evolve.

I am reminded of two people walking down the street at opposite directions, they stop in front of each other and no one makes a move, both are too afraid to go one way or another because they may collide. The Emperor declares it is better to collide than to stand in hesitation. Choose, and have conviction—failure is never a reason to not do something.

 

PISCES

THE DEVIL AND ACE OF CUPS

Dear Pisces, this Aries season open up and explore the darker aspects of who you are.

We live in a world of duality, of contrasts. The Devil signifies our shadow self, the part that wants to experience pleasure. The Ace of Cups signifies an open heart, compassion, and love.

If we create a healthier relationship with what we judge as dark, we can learn to live with our whole being, instead of shutting that side away. Sex is good for the body. Anger is good for empowerment. Discernment allows us to move toward our truth.

However, sex can also lead to addiction, anger can also fester into hatred, and discernment can also turn into judgment. Be mindful of your habits and be compassionate and loving towards your entire being as you learn to achieve balance.

 

 

Per Erik Borja is a practicing psychic medium who connects with spirit and tunes into his clients’ energy to empower and help guide them on their soul’s journey. Find Per online at The Awakenist and on Instagram @TheAwakenist 

Published on Astrology.com

Your Egyptian Love Tarot Card for March 24 is The Moon

Egyptian Love Tarot Card

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The Moon

The Moon card indicates that there is more going on than meets the eye right now in regard to love and relationships. The best way to gain clarity at this time is to patiently allow your intuitive mind to bring you the answers you are looking for. Trying to understand what is happening from a logical point of view will probably only confuse you more and prolong your impatience.

Your Egyptian Tarot Card for March 24 is The Judgment

The Judgment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judgment is the card at the crossroads of life. Whenever you get to a place of change, Judgment is the card that rules. No matter how confusing life gets, proper Judgment is the key to getting through it. Whether these are opportunities or entanglements, you only have three choices: bully your way through, leave it to destiny, or use your Judgment. Judgment dictates that it isn’t as important what you do as long as you do it right.

Your Daily Love Tarot Card for March 24 is The Chariot

Your Daily Love Tarot Card for March 24

 

The Chariot

Keywords: victory, (material) success, mastery, graduation, completion!

Astrological Correspondence: Cancer

The Chariot symbolizes enthusiasm, competitiveness, and triumph. Success and victory are achieved by employing all powers at one’s disposal – physical, spiritual, and intellectual. The Chariot symbolizes the positive side of the self, being strong and self-controlled, balancing conflicting emotions, triumphing over obstacles, sustaining an effort, and support attaining goals, thereby leading the way to transformation and self-knowledge. A dictatorial approach, recklessness, and extreme ambition can be on the other, negative side of the equation.

Your Daily Tarot Card for March 24 is The High Priestess

Tarot Card of the Day

The High Priestess

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The High Priestess is a Major Arcana, or “trump” card, that represents human wisdom. The High Priestess can be viewed as a kind of female Pope (a Papess), or the ancient Egyptian Priestess of Isis, the even more ancient snake and bird goddesses, the Greek goddess Persephone, or Eve, before the fall.

For the accused heretics who were burnt at the stake for revering her in the 14th and 15th century, the Priestess symbolized the prophecy of the return of the Holy Spirit, which was perceived as the female aspect of the Holy Trinity.

In terms of the Major Arcana ordering of cards, The High Priestess appears in the sequence as soon as the Fool decides he wants to develop his innate powers, making a move toward becoming a Magician. The High Priestess is his first teacher, representing the inner life and the method for contacting it, as well as the contemplative study of nature and spiritual mystery.

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