Up –Caution, counsel – slow but sure. Solitary, secrets, patience.
Reversed – You're old enough to know better! Bad advice. "He who hesitates is lost". "Grumpy old man" attitudes.
He is a wise old man, and if you seek him out he will give you the benefit of his vast store of knowledge- but he doesn't see why he should share his secrets with everyone. He is self-sufficient and not a disseminator of knowledge; neither does he see any practical use for his secrets: he enjoys them for their own sakes.
He suggests that the way ahead can only be negotiated slowly. Slow but sure is the only way, and problems can only be overcome by employing patience and prudence.
Reversed, he is the old man who persists in acting childishly; he's old enough to know better. He is the cantankerous, stubborn old man whose views have calcified. He wants his own way and will nor listen to reason. There's no fool like an old fool; everyone has to learn every day, nobody knows it all. Alternatively, he could represent over-caution. He is so afraid of the unknown he will not move at all, and causes unnecessary hold-ups.
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