For the modern Priestess, the Tarot offers more than insight into the future. It is a sacred tool for self-reflection, symbolic integration, and deepening intuitive connection. The Major Arcana, in particular, maps the soul’s evolutionary path—from innocence to wisdom, from illusion to enlightenment.

Each card is an archetype, a gate, a mirror. When we work with the Tarot as a spiritual practice, we become students of symbols, synchronicity, and soul evolution.

Why Use the Tarot as a Priestess?

As a Priestess, your role is to listen deeply—to Spirit, to the cycles of life, to the whispers of your own soul. The Tarot sharpens that listening. It helps you attune to what is emerging beneath the surface, to sit with mystery, and to trust your inner knowing.

Rather than seeking answers outside of ourselves, we use the Tarot to return inward. To dive deeper than, “What will happen?” and instead inquire, “What am I learning from, and what am I being initiated into?”

The Major Arcana: A Map of the Soul’s Journey

The Major Arcana consists of 22 cards. They are thresholds, initiations, and soul contracts. The path begins with The Fool and ends with The World—a full spiral of growth, transformation, and return.

Below is an introduction and interpretation of each:

The Fool – The sacred beginning. Trusting the leap into the unknown. The soul says yes before it knows the way.
The Magician – You remember your tools. As above, so below. Alchemy begins.
The High Priestess – Inner knowing awakens. Mystery speaks. You sit between the worlds.
The Empress – Embodiment of the divine feminine. Fertility, creativity, abundance, sensuality.
The Emperor – Structure, stability, sovereignty. The sacred masculine enters to hold the container.
The Hierophant – Lineage wisdom. Sacred teachings. The soul’s tradition and devotion.
The Lovers – Sacred union, duality, choice. Integration of self with other.
The Chariot – Direction, willpower, clarity. Moving forward with intention.
Strength – Soft power. Courage through compassion. Taming the inner beast with love.
The Hermit – Solitude, reflection, inner truth. Time away to hear Spirit more clearly.
Wheel of Fortune – Destiny, cycles, karma. What rises must fall, and rise again.
Justice – Truth, balance, soul-aligned choices. Accountability and karmic reckoning.
The Hanged One – Surrender, initiation. A pause that becomes a portal.
Death – Transformation. Composting the old. Making space for the rebirth.
Temperance – Integration. Balance of opposites. Alchemical healing.
The Devil – Shadow, bondage, illusion. Seeing what has power over us.
The Tower – Breakdown. Divine disruption. Ego structures collapse so truth can emerge.
The Star – Hope. Divine guidance. A return to softness after the storm.
The Moon – Mystery, intuition, illusion. The dream world, the unconscious.
The Sun – Radiance, clarity, joy. The soul stands in the light.
Judgement – Awakening. Rebirth. A call to rise into soul alignment.
The World – Completion. Wholeness. Return. The soul has journeyed and become One.

Using the Tarot to Hone Intuition

Each card in the Major Arcana carries frequency. When you work with the Tarot consistently—not just reading books, but listening with your body—you begin to speak the language of the soul.

Here are a few ways to deepen your practice:

Pull one card per day as a mirror for your energy. Ask: What am I being invited to feel, face, or integrate today?
Track your initiations. Are you in a Tower moment? A Hermit season? Use the Major Arcana to map your soul’s cycle.
Create ceremony. Light a candle, place your hands on your womb, and ask for guidance. Let the cards be the oracle—but let your body be the interpreter.
Practice silence after the card is drawn. What images stand out? What emotions arise? What stories awaken?

Over time, the Tarot becomes less about answers and more about alignment. You no longer ask, “Will it happen?” but instead, “What is mine to embody now?”

A Tool for the Priestess

The Tarot is about partnering with your higher self to navigate life as ceremony.

When used as a sacred mirror, the Major Arcana can guide you through every phase of the feminine path. It reminds you: you are already the oracle.