09-The Hermit – Reversed Rider Waite Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Hermit Reversed Rider Waite Deck

When reversed, the Hermit suggests that you are caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life and unable to see clearly where you are headed. Consider taking some time off and allowing yourself space to meditate and get back on track. A great philosopher once commented that the unexamined life is not worth living. There is a lot of wisdom to be gleaned from your experience if only you take the time to do so. A little distance is what you need to put matters in perspective.

Keywords Reversed: Imprudence, excessive caution, lack of wisdom, narcissism, timidity, social isolation, alienation, withdrawal, loneliness, failure to learn from experience, cutting oneself off from the support of others.

Key IX: The Hermit
Myths/Archetypes: The Wise Old Man. The Sage. The Philosopher. Buddha. Jedi Master Yoda (whose name contains the Hebrew letter Yod).
Dates of Virgo: 23 August–23 September; 17 September–16 October (sidereal)
Astrology: Virgo, the Virgin (an Earth sign ruled by Mercury)
Numerology: 9 (The Hermit) = 1 + 8 (The Moon)

9. The Hermit: The Search For Meaning

When The Hermit is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Hermit is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Hermit is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for The Hermit using cards from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Complete Book of Tarot
Book Details
Complete Book of Tarot: The Crowley-Harris Thoth Tarot, created between 1938 and 1943 but first published as a tarot deck in 1969.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: We can reduce 18 even further: 1 + 8 = 9, which corresponds to the Hermit (IX).

Angel Encyclopedia: Michael caused a medicinal spring to appear; anyone who bathed there and invoked the Blessed Trinity and Michael was said to be cured. The miracles, conversions, and baptisms at the spring aroused the jealousy of the pagan Hellenes. They gathered a mob and dammed two rivers to combine them. The waters were directed onto Colossae and the church at the spring. But Archippus, a God-fearing hermit who had settled at the spring when just a boy, heard the roaring waters and called upon Michael (the Archistrategos) for help.

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Angel Encyclopedia: Michael caused a medicinal spring to appear; anyone who bathed there and invoked the Blessed Trinity and Michael was said to be cured. The miracles, conversions, and baptisms at the spring aroused the jealousy of the pagan Hellenes. They gathered a mob and dammed two rivers to combine them. The waters were directed onto Colossae and the church at the spring. But Archippus, a God-fearing hermit who had settled at the spring when just a boy, heard the roaring waters and called upon Michael (the Archistrategos) for help.