The Hierophant
The Hierophant represents tradition, spiritual authority, and the reception of divine knowledge through established channels. The card's imagery — a robed religious figure, two supplicants, sacred animals, and symbols of Taurus, Venus, and the Hebrew letter Vav — emphasizes teaching, guidance, and communal wisdom. Upright, it advises openness to learning, connecting with higher sources, and channeling spiritual messages responsibly. Reversed, it warns of closed-mindedness, rejecting guidance, or struggling with change and authority.
Keywords
Card Title
V - The Hierophant
Description
A religious figure sits on a chair flanked by two animals: a bull and an elephant. He wears white and red robes decorated with pentacles and the astrological symbol for Taurus. His crown has three tiers and a six-pointed star glows over it. Three cross robes drape down his religious stole. His right hand points high in the air with two fingers, while his left grasps a staff bearing a Borromean Ring representing strength in unity. Two columns flank the figure. The one on the left has the alchemical symbols for air and fire, while the one on the right has water and earth on it. A pure white dove hovers above his raised fingers. A red carpet lines the stairs in front of this religious figure bearing a sun, the astrological symbol for Taurus and Jupiter, and two crossed keys. Two followers wearing robes supplicate themselves before the Hierophant.
Keyword
Guidance
Hebrew Letter
Vav, meaning nail
Correspondences
Taurus, Venus
Upright
receive knowledge from a higher source; connect to the divine; awaken to understanding; teaching; use tools to get a message across; religion; caretaker of spiritual knowledge; channel divine messages.
Reversed
a closed mind; turn away from the light; challenge authority; not listening to others; ignore advice; being a trailblazer; unable to handle change well; detached from life.
Visual Description
A robed, bearded pontiff sits on a high throne between two tall pillars, wearing a triple crown and raising his right hand in blessing while holding a staff with a triple cross in his left. Two kneeling figures face him at the foot of a short flight of steps, their backs turned to the viewer. Above the pope float sacred symbols including a radiant six-pointed star and a dove, and the Roman numeral V is visible near the top of the image.
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