The Hermit Rider Waite:
I think this is someone who has chosen to go within himself/herself seeking the truth and knowledge. As long as there is the desire and inclination to seek the truth and wisdom, one will find it. As long as your search is pure, like the white peacks on which the hermit is standing or walking along, you will find it.
In most pictures posted here on the Hermit, I have noticed in most of them the hermit is holding the lantern wtihin his vision and looking down at the path. Try to hold a light or a lantern right at your eye level and look ahead. You wont see a thing in front of you except for the light reflection. But lower the lantern and look lower, then you will see the path ahead of you and then you can start taking each step at a time.
While preferring self-imposed solitude, the Hermit is on a fact-finding, soul-searching quest and he can find it when you take things one step at a time.
I find this to be a positive card, in spite of seemingly withdrawn-lonely accent on it.

Cedars

In this card I see a wise man who's holding the light of knowledge! He needs to stay alone for a while so that he gets that wisdom!
The ground under him is not really friendly but he still seems to be calm and simple!
The only negative sensation I get from this card is that it reminds me of loneliness...        

Anyway I still find it a positive card..wisdom will come and then things will be ok

How do you understand though for how long you'll have to wait and be patient for this loneliness to leave? Do the cards answer that somehow?

The Hermit makes me think about the ones we turn after a long journey (maybe the journey made by our archetypes represented on the last cards). It makes me think too in reward, patient, wisdom, something we deserve for we had fight for, even if the fight was sweet. In a reading for someone I’d say the person/situation will be good, that life is taking care of everything, that we turn out always better than in the beginning. It’s strange, but when I’m reading a card I always feel I’m reading not to the person, but to myself…it worries me sometimes…because I think the person can not understand fully what I’m saying for, in the deep, I’m saying with my view, with my experience, with my words…and the person maybe can be expecting something different…

Hugs,
Renata

someone who is tired of life, every step tells a hardship, worn out

The hermit has decided to take the time to look inward.  To study his self.  To get to know what his needs are.

He is very wise but looks up those things he needs to.  Never afraid to learn or better his spiritual self.  

I see him as someone I would like to talk too and share with, but understand that he has a mission of self improvement to achieve before he will want to come amongst others and share his self wisdom

i feel: you need to withdraw from your situation for a time and find your own truth.