The Hierophant

Major Arcana Major Arcana

Correspondences

Hebrew Letter: Vav
Path: 16 (Chokmah-Chesed)
Zodiac: Taurus
Thoth Title: The Hierophant

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Dogmatism. Hypocrisy. Sanctimony

Upright

Keywords: Religion. Science. Orthodoxy | Waite: Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse.

Religion. Science. Orthodoxy. Reversed: Dogmatism. Hypocrisy. Sanctimony.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Gemini; love, attraction, approaching, connection, union of opposites through Love; becoming conscious through relationship

The search for the Self leads you into spiritual realms. This card can point to a meeting with a spiritual teacher or master. Be open!

Number 5: Conflict

Necessary disruption, challenge, the break that enables growth. The element in turmoil.

Narrative position: disruption