You arrive at the path of the hidden prophecy. The path of the Hierophant represents the sacred rules and vows of society and tradition.
The Hierophant may indicate hearing an inner call from above, the call that guides and directs you to connect to your true purpose in life – that of helping others. He is the priest, your spiritual teacher, shaman or counselor who will help you through the most challenging times of your life.
Astrologically, Taurus, the zodiac sign of stability, practicality, comfort, and harmony rules the Hierophant. This sign also is conservative, loyal, artistic, patient, and sensual but can be stubborn, materialistic, argumentative and slow-moving.
The Major Arcana Represents Major Life Lessons: If the Hierophant comes out on the first card of your reading, you might be in a hurry to get sound advice from a reliable person you can trust, or you might feel an inner calling to help someone. If the Hierophant comes out on the outcome card, in the positive position, you may meet a spiritual teacher, shaman, mentor, or counselor who will help you, or you may be asked to teach and help others. You might hear that “inner call from above” guiding and directing you to your true life’s path. Your work will bring you abundance, growth and opportunity.
The Story Of The Hierophant Tarot Card
The Hierophant is enumerated five in the Tarot deck and is symbolic of harmony and unity in all elements of spiritual knowledge and wisdom. A strong teacher and leader of religion, spirituality, and tradition, he sits regally on a stone throne ensconced by two stone pillars representing strength and rigid structure. He follows the rules of his faith, believing in them utterly.
His robe is red with white detail — red signifying royalty, strength, and passion, white signifying purity. His blue gown and collar represent his inner thoughts and deep understanding based on faith.
His three-tier gold crown symbolizes the three aspects of the Holy Trinity. His gold triple staff represents spiritual power, and his right hand pointing towards the heavens symbolizes a connection to higher powers. The Hierophant is associated with the pope, the head and supreme power of the Catholic Church.
The black and white checkered floor tiles represent good and evil and the Hierophant is equally disposed to work with either. The red carpet signifies royalty and high ranking position. The white shoes with cross emblem signify his spiritual grounding, purity, and his status as a celebrant.
Two keys lie crisscrossed before him, denoting the keys to the kingdom of heaven (or a hidden prophecy). Since no locks can be seen, he may have the power to grant or deny entrance.
Two young priests kneel at his feet, beseeching guidance. The color and decoration of their robes denote they are celebrants. Learning from the Hierophant’s experience and wisdom, they will ascend to new heights in their education and faith.
This religious teacher of a higher spirituality can illustrate the way of adapting to a belief system that will lead you down the best path for you.
My Interpretation Of The Hierophant Tarot Card
The Hierophant is a healer and represents the Shaman whose purpose is helping you to find the healing that you need during the most trying and challenging times of your life. This healer may be a counselor or another person similarly trained to help others.
This card represents the vows that you take throughout your life, the connection to society, marriage, religion, work, and anything involving large groups. The Hierophant represents the rules of these organizations and is a teacher who enters your life to help you connect with your higher spiritual side.
Every group has rules, says the Hierophant. If you follow their rules as a member of the group, they will accept you. If you flout the group’s rules, they will demand that you beg mercy for your transgression, and will shun you if you do not comply.
If you reject the rules of society and establish a personal code of conduct, your peers will brand you a rebel. Regardless, God gives you the choice to live as you see fit, and it cannot be denied that everyone who walks the Earth has been or will be a rebel.
The Hierophant also represents your inner calling from above to connect to your higher spiritual path to help others, and in return, your work will bring you abundance, growth and opportunity.
I went through my inner spiritual calling when I heard a strong voice, the voice of my spiritual connection, resound within me: “You are going to write a book in three years!” I feel that my book, Tarot Boot Camp, turned out to be a healing book because I was brave enough to share my personal, intimate experiences with each card and always talk to you as a teacher and your friend.
Positive Position: You follow the rules of society, believing in them utterly. These rules relate to marriage, social situations, companies, religion and education. The Hierophant is the trusted guide, shaman, priest, doctor, counselor, lawyer and mentor who will help others during the most difficult times. This could be the time when you hear the inner call from above to work in a career to help others, or to work in a career of spirituality.
Negative Position: You are rebellious, inflexible, a rule-breaker, have fixed beliefs and you are shunned by society, and restricted because you want to live by your personal code and not the code of others.
The groups you belong to are not flexible, and they require extreme conformance to all of their rules. Disagree, and you will be shunned and removed from that group.
Timing: A hidden timing and prophecy. The Hierophant card does not have a timing in my deck.
Note: There are hidden prophecies related to Tarot cards that are enumerated five. These cards represent the time of an unknown, unexpected change being revealed. The universe will redirect your path and change the direction you are headed, a sometimes painful experience. The Hierophant holds the keys to secret knowledge and the hidden prophecy.
Source: Lotus Tarot
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