The Hermit stands alone on the mountaintop, his lantern casting a single beam of light into the darkness. This card represents the sacred journey inward, the time when the soul must retreat from the noise of the world to find its own inner light. The Hermit teaches us that the answers we seek cannot be found in the external world, but must be discovered within the depths of our own being. It is the card of spiritual seeking, of the quest for truth that leads us away from the crowd and into the silence where the voice of the soul can finally be heard.