An old bearded man in a grey hooded cloak stands alone on a snowy peak, leaning on a long staff and holding up a lantern with a glowing star inside.

Major Arcana · IX

The Hermit

  • solitude
  • reflection
  • inner light
  • guidance

Leans maybe

Upright meaning

A lantern on a long path. The Hermit steps off the road to remember why. Silence is not absence — it is the room your insight needs to grow in.

 (reversed)

Reversed meaning

Isolation that has become a hiding place. The lantern still burns; the door still opens.

Advice

Take a walk alone with no destination.

Yes or no?

The Hermit leans maybe in a yes or no reading: the answer depends on what happens next.