The Hierophant

Major Arcana, 5 — from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

tradition, guidance, the established way

There is a conventional answer here and it is probably the right one. The Hierophant is institutions, mentors and the accumulated sense of people who did this before you. Not exciting; frequently correct.

In a yes or no reading, The Hierophant upright answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

Reversed

breaking with convention, hollow ritual, your own path

The usual answer does not fit your case, or the form has outlived what it was for. That may mean going your own way, which is allowed, but do it deliberately rather than out of impatience.

In a yes or no reading, The Hierophant reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. The Hierophant can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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