The
Rider–Waite version of the card shows an old man, standing on a mountain peak, carrying a staff in one hand and a lit
lantern containing a
six-pointed star in the other. In the background is a mountain range.
According to
Eden Gray, his lantern is the Lamp of Truth, used to guide the unknowing, his patriarch's staff helps him navigate narrow paths as he seeks enlightenment and his cloak is a form of discretion.[1]
9. THE HERMIT. Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy fear, unreasoned caution.
The Persona series includes various characters represented by tarot cards. In Persona 5 The Hermit card belongs to Futaba Sakura, a member of the main cast.
The Binding of Isaac utilizes tarot cards as pickups that can be used to gain/activate in-game abilities, the Hermit warping the player to the current floor’s shop.
In
The House of the Dead, each of its bosses in the mainline series are named after the Major Arcana Tarot Cards (excluding The Devil.) The third boss of its first installment (Type 6803) was named after The Hermit card.