Major Arcana · 9
The Hermitfor Aquarius · Love and Relationships
"The answers are in the quiet you keep avoiding."
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A lonely figure holding a lantern and looking to the left stands on a mountain, walking stick in hand. He represents solitude, but also the wisdom gained from deeply knowing your inner truth. This takes time and mental energy, but leads to a kind of lightness
You are being called to turn inward, focus on listening to yourself and become a master in your own voice. Spend time alone (maybe through an artist's date, meditation, or journaling) to connect with your inner hermit. Ponder what you value most and keep that in mind as you navigate this busy world.
You are avoiding a part of yourself or some deep truth that you fear to admit. Perhaps you have disconnected from that part of yourself. Alternatively, you may have over indexed on solitude and need to reach out and spend time with people who align with your new found values
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The Hermit for Aquarius in Love and Relationships
The Visionary
Mercury against Uranus-ruled Aquarius puts the whole thing into words, which is either the relief or the trap depending on whether Aquarius then acts on them. Upright, this has turned inward, to the place where the outer tools stop working.
When reading about relationships through an Aquarius lens, the Hermit card says that you feel like partnership is a thought experiment that demands your presence, a daily negotiation of needs (or boredom), and a place where your distance feels safer than your closeness. This has either meant you found someone who loves you from a distance too, or you are alone in a way that feels like a choice. The thing you're not saying out loud is the thing that matters most. The Aquarius blind spot in it is being ordinary, or worse, being needed in a way that pins them down.
In practice that can look like a turning point rather than an incident, or meeting someone who changes the shape of it. Whatever form it takes, it is turning inward, where the usual moves stop working.
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