The High Priestess - in Pop Culture

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  • In the Tarot version designed by CLAMP for the manga X/1999, The High Priestess is Princess Hinoto.
  • In the film Live and Let Die, the Tarot card representing Solitaire is the High Priestess. Shortly after Solitaire loses her virginity to Bond, Baron Samedi enters Kananga's chamber, picks up the High Priestess from Solitaire's deck and burns it, symbolizing the loss of her powers.
  • Priestess arcana are associated with character Fuuka Yamagishi in the video game Persona 3 and Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4. The arcanum also feature various mythological figures such as Ganga and Scáthach. In a coincidental predicament, both of these characters have a shy personality, and also have a want for cooking, but fail to accomplish at first.
  • A version of the card depicting a miniskirted priestess (a cartoon version of the singer Madonna) appears in Madonna's Who's That Girl music video.
  • In the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Midler's stand is the High Priestess.
  • In the video game The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, Grace Nakimura receives a Tarot reading from a minor character, and The High Priestess figures prominently into the reading.
  • In the alternate timeline of Flashpoint (comics), Circe was imprisoned by Hippolyta's sister, Penthesileia in Antarctica for uncovering the truth of the Western European Amazon/Atlantean war. Traci Thirteen, after getting the High Priestess (Tarot card), transports herself there and breaks Circe's chains.
  • In the SNES video game Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, the High Priestess (called just "Priestess") is portrayed as wearing white robes and a bishop's cap, sitting on a throne and praying. On drawing the Tarot card after liberation of one of the towns, it increases the characters' alignment by 1, and can heal their HP by 50 when used in battle.
  • In the popular indie game The Binding of Isaac, all of the Major Arcana/Minor Arcana Tarot cards can be found and used during gameplay. The High Priestess, when used, summons Mom's foot on a random mob, dealing massive damage.
  • A High Priestess card can be obtained as a key to a puzzle in Silent Hill 3.

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