Your Hermit Era

And the wisdom you bring to the collective

Let It Be Light

Illustration by Daniel Barretoes

We’re halfway through our Hermit year and after six months of slow growth, the vibe is shifting. Can you feel it?

Even if you can’t, the earth can. We just passed through the solstice, the longest or shortest day of the year depending on your hemisphere. The sun’s light is changing and so is our view of the things around us.

Solstice celebrations are about gathering, and after months of hard/freeing/lonely/enlightening (honestly, pick your adjective poison) solo exploration, it’s time to gather and see what our individual lessons look like through the lens of collective integration.

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Light—whether it's the midday sun or a cozy evening fire or the Hermit’s lantern—reminds us that darkness cannot exist without its counterpoint. That no matter how heavy we feel, levity is always available to us. When Hermit work starts to feel too weighty to carry alone, it’s time to recommit to our themes of:

• Entrances and exits: Brining the clarity found in solitude back to the collective.

• Sightless seeing: Divine presence as our guiding light amid darkness.

• Individual intuition vs. collective consciousness: Remembering our intuition is informed by what we’ve learned from the collective, and the collective is informed by each individual’s contribution.

Dance, Dance, Dance by Kezia Gabriella

Let It Be Light Tarot Spread

• What light can I gather around?

• Who is the community I’m sharing it with?

• What will we learn surrounded by its glow?

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What Kind of Hermit Are You?

Undivided by Nephelomancer

Though the solstice is about coming together, much more solo learning will unfold between now and the end of the year. If that spikes fear your little heart, remember the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“What lies before us, and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Understanding the hermit that lies within reveals the unique wisdom we have to share with others. But how do we know what kind of hermit we are?

A quiz, of course. (Be still my Teen Magazine heart!)

WHAT TYPE OF HERMIT ARE YOU?

Take the quiz to find out:

1. Your hermit type:

   • 🌲Nature Babe

   • 📚 Wisdom Keeper

   • 🕯️ Shadow Seeker

   • 🔥Torch Bearer

   • 🎨 Oracle Artist

2. The tarot archetypes you can work with

3. A personalized tarot spread

What does each Hermit archetype bring to the collective?

• Nature Babe: Helps us move at the speed of Earth Time. Understands what we have to learn from nature and that we’re a part of it.

• Wisdom Keeper: Connects dots and gleans insight from many forms of information—books, music, art, science—to reveal universal truths.

• Shadow Seeker: Uncovers what’s hiding in the spiritual shadow of the collective. Embodies what’s present but unexplored, painful but unfelt, dreamed of but yet to be actualized.

• Torch Bearer: Alchemizes personal pain to connect with and lead others out of moments of darkness.

• Oracle Artist: Creates a vision for the collective future through their art.

Which archetype are you?

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Here Today, Hermit Tomorrow

Illustration by Ashley Jihye

In the spirit of levity, that’s it for this month. Now grab your hermit hobby and bring it into the light. We’ll return to our hermitages tomorrow.

XO

ALTARU TAROT