The value of tradition, and its weight.
The Hierophant upright
- 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
The Hierophant 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
The Hierophant as a prediction
- 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
