The High Priestess
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The High Priestess is the second Major Arcana card in cartomantic Tarot decks. It is based on the 2nd trump of Tarot card packs. In the first Tarot pack with inscriptions, the 18th-century woodcut Tar
The High Priestess or The Popess (II) in the Rider–Waite Tarot, depicted with the pillars of Boaz and Jachin
An untitled Popess on the "Rosenwald Sheet" of uncut Tarot woodcut designs, late 15th-early 16th century (National Gallery, Washington)
Visconti-Sforza Tarot card
Boaz and Jachin
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According to the Bible, Boaz and Jachin were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple, the first Temple in Jerusalem. They are used as symbols in Freemasonry an
The High Priestess
…birth. In the Rider–Waite Tarot, illustrated by Pamela Coleman Smith, the Popess was changed into The High Priestess sitting between the pillars of Boaz and Jachin (which has a particular meaning to Freemasonry). She wears a crown similar to the Egyptian goddess Hathor and is depicted with the Marian imagery of a…
Destruction of the pillars and the Molten Sea. c. 1900 by James Tissot
Romanesque representation of one of the pillars in Dalby Church, Sweden, 11th century
Hiram the Architect, in Freemasonry known as Hiram Abiff, flanked by the pillars. Stained glass window, St John's Church, Chester, 20th century