Silent, impenetrable, hieratic, the Popess is the priestess of the mystery, Isis, the nocturnal goddess of the Moon. In her right hand, she keeps the book of secrets, in her left the two keys, one of gold (reason) and the other of silver (intuition, imagination) without which no mystery can be revealed. . The Popess sits at the entrance to Solomon's temple, between the two columns Jakin and Boas, the first red, linked to the fire element, the second blue related to the air.
The priestess of the mystery wears a blue dress and a purple cloak with gold edges. Her head is veiled, indicating the hidden mystery of the phenomenal appearance, and is dominated by a crescent moon. It corresponds to the letter beth of the Hebrew alphabet and to the Sephirah Geburah, that is, to order and severity.
The Popess represents fecundity, the expectation that will bear fruit, realization, serenity, revealed secrets, balance, receptivity, intuitions, premonitions; realization for the woman, platonic love, but also maternal and conjugal love; the consultant, a woman with whom an important relationship will begin, the mother, the bride, the spiritual teacher, an occultist. She is connected to the Moon, to the water element, to Mondays, to the month of May or June, to the signs of Taurus and Cancer, to silver, to the stomach.
In the negative: the Popess indicates resignation, the need to make an effort, hidden dangers, setbacks, breaking of a union, betrayals. Adversity independent of the subject, psychological block, remorse, conflicts with the mother and with a woman, an enemy, a treacherous and gossipy person.
The advice of the arcane
Study the most convenient way to implement your project while keeping faith in yourself firm.
Pairings
- Near the Empress: awareness of her own possibilities and limits.
- Next to the Emperor: exam passed only at a later time.
- Side by side with the Pope: a well-matched couple, lasting love.
- Close to the Lover: happy and constructive marriage.
- At the Wheel of Fortune: completed projects; professional help obtained by a woman.
- Close to the Devil: sexual difficulties, frigidity, impotence.
- Followed by the Tower and Justice: legal separation, divorce.
- United in the Judgment: Employment of great responsibility.
- Beside the World: triumph over adversity, affirmation, complete success.
- Accompanied by the Fool: all roads are open to the consultant.
- Combined with any blade of Wands - good advice from an influential woman.
- Accompanied by any arcane of Coins: protection granted by a partner.
- Followed by a card of Swords: a proud woman, capable of fighting for an ideal.
