- 09 - The Hermit -

historical - Ah - yet another stop on our Whirlwind Tour O' Tarot obviousness.  Hermit is that crazy drifter hobo guy and/or the squatter in the forest, that's also really wise what with being alone and semi-dieseased granting enlightnement and stuff. Kind of like Obi Wan Kenobi (no, not the pansy young jedi, the one who hung out with the pansy young jedi).

card - Wisdom from solitude.  Solitude from wisdom.  The hermit can also be a bit of a teacher, but that's really more of the Hierophant's thing.  Hermit can also mean "big fat loser loner" if you're taking it in a bad way... and an involutary one, at that. 

hermit meaning - Introspection, solitude, knowledge, meditation.

hermit reversed meaning - Isolation, stubbornness, loneliness, suffering because one rejects advice from others.