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The Hermit, Reversed
Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal, anti-social
Today you have drawn The Hermit, the ninth card of the Major Arcana, which depicts an aged figure standing alone on a snowy peak, wrapped in a heavy grey cloak and leaning on a wooden staff for support. In his raised hand, he holds a lantern containing a six-pointed star, symbolizing the Seal of Solomon or the inner light of …
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