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The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb.

Divinatory Meanings: Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design.

Reversed: Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament.





 
 



RWS Tarot by A.E. Waite & Pamela Colman-Smith
Pictorial Key to the Tarot
Text by A.E. Waite
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