Major Arcana · II
La Papesse
from The Conver Tarot de Marseille, blocks of 1760; this printing c. 1809-1833
A veiled woman in the papal triple tiara sits with an open book on her lap, a cloak crossed over her chest. A popess exists in no church; the figure may descend from the legend of Pope Joan or from a personified Faith, and Waite renamed her the High Priestess.
Nearby in the deck
