The High Priestess Journaling Practice: 7 Deep Prompts
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BY NICOLE LAU
Why The High Priestess Needs a Journal
The High Priestess's intelligence is not verbal. It arrives as a felt sense, an image, a body sensation, a quiet certainty that cannot yet be fully articulated. Journaling bridges the gap between the pre-verbal knowing of the unconscious and the articulate understanding of the conscious mind. The journaling that serves The High Priestess is not analysis or event-processing. It is descent — going beneath the surface of what you think you know, into the layer where the actual knowing lives.
Prompt 1: The Knowing Beneath the Story
"Set aside the story you have been telling yourself about this situation. Beneath that story, what do you actually know?"
Write the story first — fully, without judgment. Then stop. Take three slow breaths. Then write: "Beneath this story, what I actually know is..."
Prompt 2: The Voice That Has Been Waiting
"There is a voice inside you that has been trying to tell you something. What has that voice been saying?"
Begin with: "The voice that has been waiting says..." and write without stopping for at least twenty minutes.
Prompt 3: The Body's Knowledge
"Your body knows things your mind has not yet acknowledged. Ask your body: what do you know about this situation?"
Before writing, spend five minutes in stillness noticing your body. Then write: "My body knows..."
Prompt 4: What I Am Not Letting Myself Know
"Complete this sentence as many times as you can: 'One thing I am not letting myself fully know is...'"
Write the sentence stem and complete it, again and again without stopping. The ones that come after you think you have nothing left are where the High Priestess's actual knowing lives.
Prompt 5: The Dream That Keeps Returning
"What image, dream, symbol, or recurring thought has been appearing in your inner life recently? Write it in detail. Then ask it: what are you trying to tell me?"
Prompt 6: The Question I Am Afraid to Ask
"There is a question you have been avoiding. Write it. Then sit with it in silence for five minutes. Then write whatever arises."
Prompt 7: The Wisdom I Already Have
"Imagine you already have all the wisdom you need about this situation. From that place of complete knowing, write a letter to yourself."
Begin with: "From the place of complete knowing, I want to tell you..."
Building a Regular Practice
Work through one prompt per week over seven weeks, returning to each prompt multiple times. Keep all your High Priestess journaling in a single dedicated journal — the patterns that emerge across sessions are often more revealing than any single piece of writing.
For a journal specifically designed for The High Priestess's practice, the The High Priestess Tarot Journal: Divine Wisdom & Intuition Notebook is designed for this archetype's work: the writing that goes beneath the surface and into the truth.
For the sonic conditions that support this journaling practice, the Water Alchemy: Lunar Waters & Intuition Audio provides the perfect environment: deep, still, receptive, and attuned to the watery intelligence The High Priestess embodies.
For those who want to deepen the practice through guided meditation before writing, the Major Arcana Journey: Deep Meditation Audio provides a complete meditative framework for working with The High Priestess.
The journey into the High Priestess's realm is one of descent and discovery, where every prompt peels back another layer of the self. For those drawn to this work of inner listening, Tarot Journaling Prompts offers a wellspring of questions to continue unearthing the quiet truths beneath the surface, while the The 52-Week Tarot Journey provides a year-long structure for those weekly dives into the unknown. The 13 New Moon Rituals align perfectly with the lunar currents she embodies, and the Void Whisper Audio creates the sonic stillness for the deepest listening. I find the Shadow Work Tarot guide a profound companion for the descent into what lies beneath the story.
