Mountain

Meaning

In the way. The Mountain is an obstacle that will not move quickly: a delay, a hard task, resistance, sometimes an adversary. It also teaches endurance, and the view from the top is wide.

As a person

Someone stubborn, distant or obstructive.

In combinations

First in a pair, the Mountain names an obstacle or a long delay. Second, it describes the card before it: something that is blocked, delayed or difficult.

• Tower + Mountain: Bureaucratic delay; an institution in the way.
• Mountain + Key: The obstacle can be overcome; a solution to a blockage.

As a house in the Grand Tableau

Position 21 is the house of the Mountain. Obstacles: delays, difficulty and endurance.