Alone on the mountain top the Hermit stands looking down. His long white beard demonstrates that he has been around awhile. He holds in his right hand a lantern with a six rayed star. In his left he holds his staff. The ground is white with snow.

      There is a time when one moves away from the world and goes within. This is not something the young do, as they are involved with the world. It is something you do when you have been involved in life and need to seek the inner answers. Going inside into the void, into the quiet, into the unknown realms of the self is an important step in your self-growth. It is the step of achieving what is needed and desired on your journey to enlightenment.

      The Hermit represents the step away from the business of life into the inner world of knowing: listening to the inner voice for the answers, listening to what you know for yourself. The quiet, the bliss, the awareness of 'being' is yours. Here, time is your friend.