The Hierophant
The Hierophant represents tradition, institutional authority, and the comfort of established norms, often embodied by a mentor or role model offering guidance. In the card's imagery he presides as a moral pillar amid spiritual corruption, with penitent demons seeking forgiveness and their tears flooding the streets, symbolizing the emotional consequences of moral authority. Upright, the card advises adherence to rules, customs, and learning from established wisdom when guidance is needed. Reversed, it calls for questioning dogma, breaking from conformity, and trusting one's own insights. It therefore balances the value of tradition against the need for independent thought and moral authenticity.
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Title
The Hierophant
Description
The Hierophant presides as a moral pillar in a spiritually corrupt society; or so it is believed. Kneeling before him, two penitent demons beg for forgiveness as the tears they shed begin to flood the streets.
Upright Meaning
Tradition. Rigid beliefs. Doing things by the book. Unquestionably accepting societal norms. A mentor or role model. The need for guidance.
Reversed Meaning
Defying tradition. Unconformity. Questioning the accepted truth. Self-guidance.
Visual Description
A robed clerical figure wearing a tall red mitre topped with horn-like crescents sits between two tall pillars, holding a hooked staff in his right hand and raising his left in a ritual gesture. His face is marked with pale skin and a bluish shadow on one side, one eye half-closed, and a small crescent emblem on his forehead and chest. Two horned, winged demonic figures kneel in knee-deep water before him, crying with tears splashing as they raise their hands toward the Hierophant. A distant cityscape with towers and architectural silhouettes fills the background beneath a panelled border and the Roman numeral V at the top.
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