The High Priestess Card of the Tarot  

It is also said to sometimes be called the Papess Card, representative of the Female Pope.  This is said to have been the card in the Major Arcana of the Tarot that most offended the Catholic Church.

The High Priestess Card has also been called the Papess, or the Female Pope.  Some Christians do not consider Saint Peter to have been the leader of Christianity after the death of Jesus Christ but instead consider Mary Magdalene or James the Just to have been the real leader.  Of course this concept does not sit well with the Catholic Church, and some other Christian sects, since it makes a woman at least equal to a man.  Both Christianity and Islam consider a the Worth of a Woman to be only about half as much as a man.

Said to represent secrets, mystery, the yet unrevealed future, the woman who interests the Querent himself if male, the Querent if female, silence, tenacity, wisdom and science.  When reversed it represents passion, moral or physical ardor, conceit, surface knowledge.

The High Priestess sits between two pillars labeled "B" and "J" almost have to mean Boaz and Jachin. In the picture Boaz, or "B" is on her right with Jachin or "J" to her left.

It has been said that this card represents the Papess, or the Female Pope.  See Pope Joan for additional information. (However, it is unlikely that The High Priestess Card of the Tarot was created to honor Pope Joan since the Tarot seems to have been around long before she became the Papess who was known as Pope John VIII.  Therefore the The High Priestess Card probably is indicative of Mary Magdalene.) (See "the Second Messiah" p 93 for more info.)