The High Priestess

Major Arcana II, The High Priestess sits enthroned between the pillars Boaz and Jachin, the black and white columns of Solomon's Temple, holding the scroll of Torah or Tora partially concealed beneath her cloak. Waite's Pictorial Key identifies her with the Shekinah, the indwelling feminine divine presence, and the veil of Isis behind which esoteric knowledge resides. She is the guardian of the threshold between the seen and unseen, the faculty of intuition and hidden wisdom within the Major Arcana's triadic structure, where she complements The Magician's active will with receptive gnosis.