The Eye of the Seer. Through the Eye of the Cailleach

The Seer card in Wildwood Tarot, or the Magician card in classical Tarot, speaks of handling the balance between the spiritual and the physical worlds where she is rooted. She sees and communicates with the unseen as well as the seen. She has access to the Ancient Knowledge, Wisdom and Medicine.

The Seer is able to take all that she has learned during times of whimsical bliss and also of profound stress, and apply it not only when all is rosy and happy, but when times are hard and sore too. The true test on the path of the SHAMAN - SEER - SAGE as a "healer", "seer" and "medium" comes when the difficult tries to undermine her power, her abilities and her beliefs ... can she, in fact, walk her talk and still shine like a beacon?

 Cailleach doll

The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring to a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight. In certain dharmic spiritual traditions such as Hinduism, the third eye refers to the ajna, or brow, chakra. The third eye refers to the gate that leads to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. In New Age spirituality, the third eye often symbolizes a state of enlightenment or the evocation of mental images having deeply personal spiritual or psychological significance. The third eye is often associated with visions, clairvoyance, the ability to observe chakras and auras, precognition, and out-of-body experiences. People who are claimed to have the capacity to utilize their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.

In Theosophy it is related to the pineal gland. The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis, conarium or the “third eye”) is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions. Its shape resembles The Eye of Horus glyph. The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. It is also known as The Eye of Ra. Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine falcon. His right eye was associated with the sun (Ra) and his left eye, with the moon. The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon, including the “teardrop” marking sometimes found below the eye. The eye is personified in the Egyptian warrior goddess Bastet-Sekhmet, protector of Ra, depicted as the body of a woman with a lioness head, wearing the uraeus. 

Bastet-Sekhmet