The Hierophant
Major Arcana
Meanings
- tradition
- social groups
- conventionality
- conformity
- education
- knowledge
- beliefs
Meanings Reversed
- rebellion
- unconventionality
- non-conformity
- new methods
- ignorance
Other Meanings
- teaching or guiding others
- searching for the truth
- asking for guidance from a higher power
- acknowledging the wisdom and experience of others
- taking vows
- engaging in heartfelt rituals
- volunteering
Other Meanings Reversed
- using experience as a means of manipulating or misguiding others
- being dogmatic
- favoring tradition over what is expedient or necessary
- going through the motions of empty rituals
- concealing wisdom
- restricting access to spiritual truths or the gods
Meanings
- guidance
- knowledge
- revelation
- belief
Fortunes
- Expect to be caught in a misdeed and punished accordingly
- Pray for forgiveness and confess wrongdoings
- A more experienced man, spiritual leader, or father figure will come into your life
Questions
- What role might tradition or religion play in this situation?
- Who authored the rules? Who enforces them? Why?
- How might an experienced guide impact this situation?
- Element
- Taurus/Earth
- Arche Type
- The Guardian/The Church/Faith
- Numerology
- 5 (instability, resistance, confrontation, evolution)
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Vau/Nail or Spike/6
- Spiritual
- The Christ, the Apostle Peter, Buddha, Mohammed. Popes, priests, and intercessors of every faith and tradition