Hermit - Five of Pentacles
looking at the devastation
looking at - Hermit
the devastation - Five of Pentacles
Hermit carries a lamp because he is looking at the terrain of the mountain pass for travelers he will help because he is a service monk and this is his job. A warm bed and hot meal await whoever he finds.
Five of Pentacles depicts the devastation of the plight of lepers back in the Middle Ages. That church, lit up in the wee hours in the cold of winter, would welcome this desperate mothe...