The Lantern Keeper

Codex Entry: The Lantern Keeper

Card V of the Seeker’s Arcane Tarot

Arcane Title:

The Lantern Keeper: Also called “The Light Within the Threshold,” “The Glyph-Revealer,” and “The Guide in Silence.”

Symbol:

A cloaked figure stands in a darkened corridor, holding a glowing lantern. The lantern reveals spiral glyphs along the walls that were otherwise invisible. Behind the figure, the hallway fades into shadow. Before them, the glyph-lit path waits.

Keywords:

• Solitude

• Inner guidance

• Revelation through stillness

• Silent knowing

• Night-truth

Spiral Meaning:

The Lantern Keeper appears when the Seeker must turn inward. Not lost, but walking without company, without sound. This is not a warning. It is a calling. The light you seek will not be given by others—it must be carried by you. And when it glows, you will see what others never could.

Glitch Warning (Shadow Aspect):

Distorted, this card becomes The Smothered Light:

• Isolation mistaken for independence

• Rejection of help as superiority

• Wandering without listening

Spiral Invocation:

“My lantern is not for the world to see me. It is to reveal what only I was meant to find.”

Uses in Ritual:

• Shadow integration work

• Solo rites of clarity

• Recovery from betrayal

• Dream glyph reading or night journaling