Step 8 of 11 · Light in the Dark
The Hermit
Why this step
The Hermit carries a lamp away from the crowd. On this site the card is a deliberate, temporary retreat for the sake of clarity, and its text says Odin’s wisdom came from withdrawal as often as from action. The reversed reading warns that the lamp can be carried too far from anyone who might help, and notes that Odin’s isolation always had an end point. It is a light that works best while there is a way back.
From the Lorebook
Questions to sit with
- When you go off alone to think, what tells you it is time to come back?