The High Priestess as How Someone Sees You: Mysterious, Deep and Hard to Read

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The High Priestess as how someone sees you means they see the veil. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed, and what is behind it.

If you want the short answer, the High Priestess as how someone sees you means they see you as deep and unreadable: intuitive, private, someone who knows more than she says, someone they cannot quite get the measure of. It is a fascinated picture. It is also a picture of distance, and the fascination can keep a person outside the pillars for a long time.

This is you as the figure between the two pillars with the scroll half hidden. They see the mystery. They may not be sure they are allowed past it.

The High Priestess upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the High Priestess guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with intuition, mystery, the subconscious and hidden knowledge. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the High Priestess as feelings covers what they feel; the High Priestess as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The Major Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the High Priestess as a person who sees you as intriguing: perceptive, calm, wise in a way they cannot explain, someone whose stillness draws them. They respect your privacy and they are a little in awe of it. In the upright card the awe is warm, and it keeps them at a respectful distance.

What I would not read into it is that they feel known by you or known to you. The High Priestess is seen for what she keeps. The person may have no idea what you feel about them.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person feels close to you, that the fascination is romantic rather than curious, or that they believe you would want them past the veil. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The High Priestess reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the High Priestess as how someone sees you means the picture has gone from deep to withholding: they see you as secretive, cold, manipulative through silence, or as someone who uses mystery to keep people out. The privacy they respected has started to feel like a locked door.

In your own question, ask whether the person has lately said anything about not knowing where they stand, or about you being hard to reach. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The High Priestess as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the High Priestess suggests they remember you as deep, intuitive and never quite theirs, the one they could not read. It is a picture with longing and frustration in it. Some exes return to it to try again. Most keep wondering from outside. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The High Priestess as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they are intrigued and a little unsure whether to approach. Say one plain thing about what you feel, and the picture gains a door.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person approaches you or waits. Look at whether they seem to know what you think of them. A High Priestess picture is fascinated and distant; the way to change it is to let one thing past the veil on purpose.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what the person seems to find intriguing, and whether you have ever told them something you do not tell everyone. The third note is the key to the pillars.

For comparison, the Magician as how someone sees you and the Queen of Cups as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the High Priestess card meaning page covers the card in full, and the High Priestess as a person covers the card when it describes a temperament rather than an image. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.