page_title: The High Priestess
section_title: Symbolism
hierarchical_section_title: The High Priestess / Symbolism
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Tarot-Karte: „Die Päpstin“, 15. oder 16. Jhd. English: Rosenwald Sheet (uncut sheet of cards); late 15th century or early 16th century. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
context_page_description: The High Priestess (II) is the second trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination. In the first Tarot pack with inscriptions, the 18th-century woodcut Marseilles Tarot, this figure is crowned with the Papal tiara and labelled La Papesse, the Popess, a possible reference to the legend of Pope Joan.
caption: An untitled Popess on the "Rosenwald Sheet" of uncut Tarot woodcut designs, late 15th-early 16th century (National Gallery, Washington)
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