THE HERMIT card is numbered IX or 9 in the deck. Various tarot decks illustrate the star in the lantern as the six-pointed star of David. The Hermit is always alone. This card indicates solitude. The reasons for this solitude may be good or bad, productive or not and the isolation may be caused by outside forces or oneās own choices. Just be assured that when The Hermit card appears in your reading, the subject of solitude will be front and center. Prudence, circumspection
THE HERMIT. --Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption. REVERSED: Concealment, disguise, policy fear, unreasoned caution. The card is usually thought to connote aspects of healing/recovery, particularly the kind that happens over time.