Day 94 - THE HIEROPHANT

 

Day 94

 

 I'm dropping today's meeting with this exhaustion. I hope it's not sickness. Tomorrow training is rapier, and that one I can not omit.

Cats are getting last vaccine shot for white death. Good. This is what killed my previous cat, the greatest cat I ever had. I miss him greatly still.

Another card today, and a little ramblings about it's role.

5 : The Hierophant 

Also sometimes called "The Pope" this card forms a trio with Mage and High Priestess. When Mage looks to the mastery and inspiration, and High Priestess looks to the intuition and inner guidance, Hierophant looks to the tradition and establishment.

With this in mind Hierophant signifies tradition, conformity, knowledge coming from the wisdom of our predecessors. Hierophant doesn't question the rules, but follows them trusting their wisdom. Hierophant looks to the authority, learning from mentors or education system. It's a highly social card, as most of things signified by it cannot exist without society. Hierophant can also mean "to fit in" with the group, conforming to the ideology of majority.

Considering how radical and non-traditional current pope is, it's kinda ironic. 

Reversed Hierophant is in some ways similar to reversed Emperor. Rebellion against authority, this time against established rules and traditions.

But rebellion isn't everything. Reversed Hierophant can also mean forming your own personal beliefs, becoming individual separate from the groups you belong to. Also solving things in unorthodox ways.

Now onto the ramblings - why? Why is this card number five? Shouldn't it be together with Mage and Priestess? Emperor and Empress are paired together, but Hierophant is separate. Perhaps it's because out of the three he is the only one that tries to impose his way of life onto others, quite similar to the Emperor. Still... considering how child-like is symbolism of The Fool, perhaps we have two trios in the first six cards. One of the roles we fill in family - mother, father, child - and the other with the approach we have to solving problems - research and inspiration, intuition and self reflection, tradition and authority.