The Enlightener Archetype

Upright Meanings: hard work, crossroads, rewards, gestation, hard work paying off, growing, pay-outs, planning, taking stock, approaching retirement, manifestation of ideas or goals, harvest, cultivation, patience, re-evaluation, nurturing, reviewing, things coming to fruition, development, inheritance, effort, questioning, results, perseverance, profits

The meaning of The Enlightener relates to investment and effort. It follows the Six of Pentacles which refers to the end of financial or material hardship. If you have been putting in time and effort in your work, it signifies that your efforts are paying off and they are going to pay off in the future as well. If you are looking to invest, The Enlightener suggests that you are ready to put in a lot of effort, time and work into whatever you want to achieve. It reaffirms you of your long-term vision and helps to show that you are not confined to seeing results in the short term only. It shows how much you value the investment because of the effort that you are willing to put in.

Reversed Meanings: investments, lack of growth, frustration, not putting effort in, lack of reward, not taking stock, impatience, aimlessness, not finishing what you started, cash flow problems, delay, waste, workaholic, slow progress, procrastination, lack of reflection, postponed retirement, laziness, setbacks, bad business/financial management

The Enlightener reversed means that your returns may be scattered for now. It could also mean that the rewards of your labor are not as significant as you thought. The advantage of this is that it shows that you know when to stop investing your time, money or energy in a particular project. You, therefore, need to reevaluate your choices, and figure out where you should put your resources. The Enlightener reversal meaning could also be applied to relationships and the effort and emotions that you have invested.