Pillars

Pillars invite discussion of thresholds, distinction, and an intermediate position. Black and white need not mean bad and good. Preserving difference allows closer observation than condemning one side.

Pillars frame the sides while the veil obscures the rear. A person occupies the middle; it is not an empty doorway freely available to everyone. The unknown is not a secret automatically yours to take.

Rider–Waite–Smith image context: The High Priestess sits between contrasting pillars. Reference: A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, corresponding chapter: https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/pkt/pktar02.htm. The image observation and our contemporary reading are distinct; this reference does not establish a universal meaning or an ancient origin for the motif.

For two views, record the problem each addresses, its evidence, and its omissions. You may defer choosing while distinguishing open inquiry from postponing a necessary decision.

Being between may provide a contemplative position for difference. It proves no ultimate reconciliation and does not require ignoring harm or facts to preserve harmony.