Musical Tarot Associations
The Hermit card is about taking time on your own to connect with yourself and do some self-reflection, away from the influence and distraction of others. The Hermit’s knowledge is an inner wisdom that comes from solitude.
What better place to be alone with your thoughts than the desert. The song that I associate with the Hermit is A Horse with No Name by America. It tells the story of a man going through the desert all by himself on a horse with no name.
What a Hermit card thing to say, “In the desert you can remember your name because there ain’t no one for to give you no pain.”
Then, as he spends day after day alone in the desert, observing and learning along the way. He connects with nature and starts to be more receptive to the subtleties of nature,
“The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound”
Horse With No Name by America
Eventually he lets his horse go and realizes some of the bigger impacts that humans have on nature.
‘Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love”
Horse With No Name by America
So, in his desire to get away from other humans, he connected with himself, and gained wisdom about the world as well.
What do you think? What song do you associate with the Hermit card? What do you associate with the song Horse With No Name? Let me know.
Here’s a link to the Youtube playlist with all of the songs.
