Talk:The Hermit (tarot card)

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I removed the "Examples" section since it was entirely Original Research which Wikipedia does not allow. I left the "mythopoeteic interpretation" section because that may have come from a reputable source but it seems to be something based on personal interpretation like the "Examples" section. - DNewhall — Preceding undated comment added  17:27, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Unverifiable and unbalanced content
The article is just personal opinions from an occult enthusiast about the nature and meaning of a particular tarot card. No peer reviewed books or journal articles are cited. No references or footnotes are given. When a new statement is added, the source needs to be cited, and the source needs to be verifiable, and reliable. Waite is not an unbiased, factual source on the history or evolution of tarot cards. The work can be cited properly, however: "Waite's opinion in his book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ... etc" The other sources are definitely of questionable academic weight.

The card in question has a history of over 500 years in European card games in which it is used as trump card (see Tarocchi). The article is unbalanced in that it only features the recent uses of the card for divination. This makes the article biased due to its recentism. Since the article ignores use of the card for game play in Europe and other parts of the world, it offers an anglo-american perspective that raises NPOV issues. There are academic sources and sources from international organizations discussing the history and evolution of the "Hermit" (actually representing Time) card as well as its use in games. Such sources need to be utilized. - Parsa 08:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yet, it's precisely the information one is likely to be seeking by reading this article. If the article were more correct, it would be much less useful. 72.129.185.115 (talk) 03:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

1-9, 10-19?
Based on what I've studied from the occult, it's either one or the other; most likely 0-9. Lighthead 19:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Hermes -> Hermit
I'm removing the bit about the word 'hermit' coming from the name 'Hermes.' From dictionary.com:

''1175–1225; ME ermite, hermite, heremite < OF < LL erēmīta < Gk erēmīts living in a desert, equiv. to erm(ia) desert (deriv. of erêmos desolate) + -ītēs -ite'' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.129.185.115 (talk) 23:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)