Exploring the Tarot Pillars: Guardian of the Water Gate

Last month we introduced a new series where we opened up an exploration of the pillared cards in tarot (The Waite/Smith deck specifically). In that post, we set the stage for what we envision will be a 5-part journey through each of the following Major Arcana - The High Priestess, The Emperor, The Hierophant, and Justice. The purpose of these posts is to create the supposition that each of these cards is a gateway to greater degrees of consciousness, demonstrated through 4 separate plotlines that also intersect. Along those lines, we are asking the following - what might these 4 entrances veil? What other cards connect to their plotline? And what can be learned by approaching them in this way? While you can read the full introductory post, we will provide a brief recap before we jump through our first gate guarded by The High Priestess. This is a good time to remind readers that these are just ideas and in no way are we making any definitive claims. This is just one way of many to understand tarot and we hope others find it interesting and resonant.