I have struggled with this card so much . As soon as you spoke of thinking of it as an old worn path that many have taken it all became crystal clear and I have a new understanding for a card that frustrated me. Thank you💗
Hmmm, I’ve been focusing lately on my self care and educating myself more. I’ve been reading more books, digging deeper into spirituality, I’ll be starting school again the beginning of next year and been trying to prepare myself. The card that I pulled this morning was “The Hierophant” (the card of teaching, education, tradition and spiritual/religious beliefs) …..I think it fits.
This presentation reminder me of the Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken ... "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
Learning something by following the rules only applies to machines and mechanical things, like cars, bicycles, and any other tool we use. But when the system and parents try to force this on humans, it never ever worked and never ever will work. Our society needs to learn to differentiate those things.
Yup. My crush sees me as a hierophant type. He's immature in his ways and stubborn about it. He likes me but he's reckless and he knows I wouldn't have it. Im a Capricorn sun and moon with an Aquarius rising. I'm very spiritual. A hierophant has discipline and is structured in order to guide others. Somebody wise and respected. In Star Wars, a Jedi would be similar to a hierophant. We all have choices. It's easy to be an unruly "bad bitch." Discipline and a sense of duty/responsibility is not for the weak. If you don't learn how to be balanced and have control over yourself, if you don't know how to make good choices, you'll spiral out of control and things will be hard for you. Not many good leader types/ role models around. Too many followers. A lot of today's influencers will influence younglings off of a cliff.
I pulled the Hierophant when I asked what key element do I need to bring in luck in my life. The Hierophant feels love, joy and hope. Also he is praying. I got that from my spirit guide because I was so puzzled when I pulled it in reference to luck.
I like the more modern take on the teaching aspect of the Hierophant. Its really well personified in decks like the everyday witch deck. Its one of my favourite cards. The traditional aspects I agree can be a bit galling.
I absolutely love ur explanation of the cards and ur deep dives. I got the hierophant this morning and, last night I was just thinking about my spirituality and how I was raised Catholic but have recently embraced other paths but still think about my upbringing.
I've been slowly learning tarot for about a year now and the hierophant has been so hard for me to comprehend. This video really put some things into perspective for me and I think I'm starting to get it!
Thanks makes better sense now! I see his card for Wealth and Love. Makes more sense for the wealth thing now than the love but I have more of an understanding
I love your deep dives. I love the idea about the illusion of the Hierophant being that if you get a formula for a situation you want to conquer then that's all you need. The fact that you need to do a bit of work/put some thought in yourself as well was not something I'd previously come across. Thank you!!
This is really helpful. I have been finding the Hierophant challenging to interpret. But, as you were explaining it I kept hearing the song Flowers are Red by Harry Chapin.
Wow amazing! thanks Kate, the wider concept of this card's dark side I never thought about. I feel the symbolism of the Hierphant figures largely in the current global situation luv n light
Wow! An eye opener. I was soo confused about this card...your video really made things soo clear. Thanks. Am new to tarot and ur videos are really helpful. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much for this ♥ Glad you found my video helpful! If you subscribe to my channel, you'll get notified when I upload my next tarot deep dive video.
I loved your description of a good teacher vs. a bad teacher. Interesting. I think most of the problem that people have with this card is that PCS's art shows a traditional Roman Catholic pope, and yet the Golden Dawn changed the title from the traditional title of Pope to Hierophant, which is a mystery school word meaning "revealer of the sacred". That is such a beautiful definition for this card and alleviates much of the problem. As always, gratitude for your work.
I can totally relate this to home construction. So often new concepts disappoint, and the old traditions endure. But there is a sense of mediocracy there, to stand out as not standing out, the perfect example of the simplest of things. Kind of like the Amish builders. Some guys learn my being thrown in the mix and some methodically going through the system. The guy thrown on the mix makes a lot of mistakes but just might become excellent far beyond the traditional guy stuck in the mud somewhere.
I have a strained relationship with my older sister. She is an ally to my oldest brother who is a malignant narcissist / sociopath who has been attacking & lying about me for years. I went no contact with him and my sister. She reached out to work on rebuilding a relationship. After all she's done to me over the years I just don't trust her. I have been so conflicted between wanting to believe we could have a healthy relationship vs my instinct to protect myself from her. I have done a few short readings on this subject and each time the reversed Hierophant came up. I feel like it is reinforcing that I should not trust her, but I'm not sure. She is a cold& rigid Taurus while I am an emotional Pisces. lol
This card came up in a reading I was doing for myself in the mind body spirit spread as the body card. I found this video and it has given me much to deep dive into. I will spend some time trying to figure where this card is guiding me. But I am thinking I have conformed to a hierarchy situation in my siblings family and I need to step out of it and walk my own path. Still journaling about it. Thanks for.the deep dive into this card.
Great video. Gave me a lot of clarity on the situation. 10 wands upright, hierophant REVERSE. 6 Swords reverse. The world will continue to be in lockdown by oppressive systems. The final 2 cards. we're 9 swords reverse and 8 swords reverse. TBH its all been getting too much for me recently. But I realise I need a strong mind and not to become fixated on all that's happening outside of me.
I like this card, there,s bunch of misleading entities in life. this card to me shows me someone who at least have a path forward. One can later graduate from these systems or dogmas and mark their own thing.
Thank you. Yes I am a Taurus, and I can relate. I have experienced all three elements. I have learned to see different aspects of myself and my upbringing, my employment choices, etc... based on the established power structures throughout my life. I do feel as I get older that I am in a position to explore more unconventional paths due to the foundations I have formed because of what I have learned in the tradional path. I feel secure and safe to explore.
I always struggled with the church, stayed in a marriage well past it's expiry date and stayed in the rat-race even though it was killing my soul. I've since left these structures and it's the most freedom I have ever experienced. It makes sense because I have more Aries energy in me than Taurus. I LOVE this series, thank you!
Oh, boy! I hate conforming! God knows I try, but it's not for me, it brings a lot of suffering to my spirit. Specially if the institution is deeply hypocritical. I prefer going alone and I can't feel warmth in the collective (I think I hate the idea of people liking me only while I'm obedient and "useful").
I'm currently trying to find my place within a theatre group, what tasks I can do, what roles I can fulfil, I guess this card could be pointing to that
Excellent introduction. Nobody needs this card from a Christian-medieval worldview anymore. Fortunately, modern tarot decks often rename this card: something like "wisdom" or "inner voice".
What an unfortunate comment. Nobody needs Christian or Medieval references anymore? Just sad to hear such historically and philosophically ignorant statement since the tarot was born in and is a mirror of the richness this worldview brings. You can rename it all you want, the spirit of Western though, society, and spirituality is the basis of the tarot deck. And yet it transcends into the archetypical realm, which makes it so amazing.
This is a cool card= a very complex card - a good bishop OR a bad bishop?There is power and structure here and thus protection but of course to receive that protection you must give up a degree of your own ego ( which some people would do well with ) -- of course there is the loss of true freedom and innovation :)
Im really having difficulty understanding the message of this card. 😅 Some people say its an indication to follow the system in place at the moment, you speak of the ilusion of that, which makes a lot of sense to me. Im stuck trying to understand wether this is a guiding energy trying to show us a path or a reflection of where we are at the moment in our path and thought structure.
Seems like a Sagittarius / 9th house card. Not stuffy, just traditional order. It’s still a desire to know. No. Not corporations, that’s the Emperor. Hmmm. I don’t know that I agree with you.
Mainstream narrative. They say...... Established doctrine. Questioning authority. Conformity to external social expectations, rules, etc. Conventional perspectives. Whoever controls the narrative controls perception. The Word of Truth is ever faithful (loyal, true, isomorphic) to Reality (That which is/That I am).
Sorry Kate I adopted you as a teacher 😅, your videos are pretty interesting because you do not just transfer “knowledge” of these tarot cards, you talk from your own conscience, own creativity and own comprehension, so that is a cherry to the cake. I feel cringe as I am the only one that wrote the questions, but I enjoyed listening aswell writing them. Replying or reading to this comment is optional because nobody asked for this many text. -What institutions have you experienced directly? I was born as catholic, but I am not anymore. -Has it been helpful? Yes it settled in me the basic paradigms of respect and family cohesion. -Hasn't been helpful? Forcing to dump topics like astrology, tarot or even science it was not helpful. I think creation should be seen from many angles. -What is your relation ship to conformity? I am very rebel, I dislike any-kind of limitation. I am a brain with wings. -When was the last time you conform? Probably never, but I do prefer to trust any institution with high moral/ethic values, even tho I do not agree with certain aspects. -What does it feels like for you to conform? It feels like closing a whole universe of possibilities, imagine never studying esotericism or science. -What does it feels like for you to not conform? Like being a brain with wings, integrating what you comprehend from anywhere but not being too anchored in it. Scientific fanaticism is a thing. -When in your life have you been choosing a conventional path? When I had no option, you know like going to college. -When has a teacher been really helpful for you? When it teaches you how to think, not what to think. -Where in your life you need to get more in touch with your inner guide/wise? Anytime, my inner guide it’s the best guide because the questions that came from inside, inside are the answers aswell, knowing what I want is the best feeling of confidence, sometimes it’s ok to vent out, but at the end of the day, we must use our own keys to open our own locks. -Did you learn anything new? Yes! I learned that this card does not cover necessarily religious institutions but can represent aspects of any organized institutions, like the CIA. Thanks Kate for sharing your cool wisdom!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this exercise and thank you so much for sharing your answers here :) I read them! Glad you were able to fully explore this card and learn something new.
Thank you so much for this amazing vidoe explanation about this card! I got to know about my destiny matrix chart and now I'm searching for all the arcanas meaning and your chanel is BRILLIANT 🤍
I have struggled with this card so much . As soon as you spoke of thinking of it as an old worn path that many have taken it all became crystal clear and I have a new understanding for a card that frustrated me. Thank you💗
Yay! I'm so happy to hear that :)
Hierarchy and Hierophant I keep learning new things from these deep dives. Thank you.
Loving the depth you go into with these deep dives, Kate. I especially like the way you pointed out the difference between a good/bad teacher.
I'm so glad you're enjoying these, Jean :) Thank you!
Hmmm, I’ve been focusing lately on my self care and educating myself more. I’ve been reading more books, digging deeper into spirituality, I’ll be starting school again the beginning of next year and been trying to prepare myself. The card that I pulled this morning was “The Hierophant” (the card of teaching, education, tradition and spiritual/religious beliefs) …..I think it fits.
This presentation reminder me of the Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken ... "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Learning something by following the rules only applies to machines and mechanical things, like cars, bicycles, and any other tool we use. But when the system and parents try to force this on humans, it never ever worked and never ever will work. Our society needs to learn to differentiate those things.
Yup. My crush sees me as a hierophant type. He's immature in his ways and stubborn about it.
He likes me but he's reckless and he knows I wouldn't have it.
Im a Capricorn sun and moon with an Aquarius rising.
I'm very spiritual.
A hierophant has discipline and is structured in order to guide others. Somebody wise and respected.
In Star Wars, a Jedi would be similar to a hierophant.
We all have choices.
It's easy to be an unruly "bad bitch."
Discipline and a sense of duty/responsibility is not for the weak.
If you don't learn how to be balanced and have control over yourself, if you don't know how to make good choices, you'll spiral out of control and things will be hard for you.
Not many good leader types/ role models around.
Too many followers.
A lot of today's influencers will influence younglings off of a cliff.
Your reply made me think about something which in turn made me understand this card. It's fancy how universe works. Thank you 🎉
I pulled the Hierophant when I asked what key element do I need to bring in luck in my life. The Hierophant feels love, joy and hope. Also he is praying. I got that from my spirit guide because I was so puzzled when I pulled it in reference to luck.
Your examples are clear and easy to relate to. Thank you! You rock! Looking forward to your deep dives on king cards
I like the more modern take on the teaching aspect of the Hierophant. Its really well personified in decks like the everyday witch deck. Its one of my favourite cards. The traditional aspects I agree can be a bit galling.
New to torat cards I pulled this card for myself today. Thank u for your teaching
After 20 years at AMORC I realize it has been the best institution to be at.. my Hierophant has become so much wiser!
I absolutely love ur explanation of the cards and ur deep dives. I got the hierophant this morning and, last night I was just thinking about my spirituality and how I was raised Catholic but have recently embraced other paths but still think about my upbringing.
Your explanation of good teacher and bad teacher is amazing 💙 very insightful. Thank you for this deep analysis!
What a great, in-depth interpretation. I feel that I know this card better now. Thank you!
Very informative. Helps me to connect and understand the card better. Thank you!
You're very welcome - thanks for watching :)
I've been slowly learning tarot for about a year now and the hierophant has been so hard for me to comprehend. This video really put some things into perspective for me and I think I'm starting to get it!
Thanks makes better sense now! I see his card for Wealth and Love. Makes more sense for the wealth thing now than the love but I have more of an understanding
Hi. I pulled that card today for my daily reading. 😛🙏
Synchronicity!
I love your deep dives. I love the idea about the illusion of the Hierophant being that if you get a formula for a situation you want to conquer then that's all you need. The fact that you need to do a bit of work/put some thought in yourself as well was not something I'd previously come across. Thank you!!
Thank you for your videos. It’s so helpful. I wish you would do the 78 tarot cards… is it something you might be able to do?
Thank you so mush for these videos. I'm a total tarot beginner, and first seconds were like "Hiero-what"? Everything is clear now ❤
I love these videos.. have you done one for the high priestess?? I can’t find it 😊
I'm so happy to hear that :) Yes! the High Priestess video is right here: ruclips.net/video/4l7JbWx9WqQ/видео.html
Thank you ❤
This is really helpful. I have been finding the Hierophant challenging to interpret. But, as you were explaining it I kept hearing the song Flowers are Red by Harry Chapin.
Another great video in this series! Thank you so much for doing this!
Thanks for watching, Felipe!
So interesting Kate. Thinking of Hierophanten as my employer organization .... lol ...
Wow amazing! thanks Kate, the wider concept of this card's dark side I never thought about. I feel the symbolism of the Hierphant figures largely in the current global situation luv n light
I connect with The Hierophant, this card represents my Akashic Masters.
Wow! An eye opener. I was soo confused about this card...your video really made things soo clear. Thanks. Am new to tarot and ur videos are really helpful. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much for this ♥ Glad you found my video helpful!
If you subscribe to my channel, you'll get notified when I upload my next tarot deep dive video.
Thanks for the info ❤
I loved your description of a good teacher vs. a bad teacher. Interesting.
I think most of the problem that people have with this card is that PCS's art shows a traditional Roman Catholic pope, and yet the Golden Dawn changed the title from the traditional title of Pope to Hierophant, which is a mystery school word meaning "revealer of the sacred". That is such a beautiful definition for this card and alleviates much of the problem. As always, gratitude for your work.
Great video & thinking points. Thank you
This is a fantastic channel, thank you 🙏
Thank you Nicholas!
Gotta say- not related to tarot- that color looks amazing on you! I saw the thumbnail and had to comment. That color has you glowing :) Love your vids
Thank you so much :)
I can totally relate this to home construction. So often new concepts disappoint, and the old traditions endure. But there is a sense of mediocracy there, to stand out as not standing out, the perfect example of the simplest of things. Kind of like the Amish builders. Some guys learn my being thrown in the mix and some methodically going through the system. The guy thrown on the mix makes a lot of mistakes but just might become excellent far beyond the traditional guy stuck in the mud somewhere.
Definitely not my favourite card either, but you've given me some points to ponder.
I have a strained relationship with my older sister. She is an ally to my oldest brother who is a malignant narcissist / sociopath who has been attacking & lying about me for years. I went no contact with him and my sister.
She reached out to work on rebuilding a relationship. After all she's done to me over the years I just don't trust her. I have been so conflicted between wanting to believe we could have a healthy relationship vs my instinct to protect myself from her.
I have done a few short readings on this subject and each time the reversed Hierophant came up. I feel like it is reinforcing that I should not trust her, but I'm not sure. She is a cold& rigid Taurus while I am an emotional Pisces. lol
This card came up in a reading I was doing for myself in the mind body spirit spread as the body card. I found this video and it has given me much to deep dive into. I will spend some time trying to figure where this card is guiding me. But I am thinking I have conformed to a hierarchy situation in my siblings family and I need to step out of it and walk my own path. Still journaling about it. Thanks for.the deep dive into this card.
I'm so glad this was helpful for you, Lori!!! ♥
this my north node in astrology.
Great video. Gave me a lot of clarity on the situation. 10 wands upright, hierophant REVERSE. 6 Swords reverse. The world will continue to be in lockdown by oppressive systems. The final 2 cards. we're 9 swords reverse and 8 swords reverse. TBH its all been getting too much for me recently. But I realise I need a strong mind and not to become fixated on all that's happening outside of me.
I like this card, there,s bunch of misleading entities in life. this card to me shows me someone who at least have a path forward. One can later graduate from these systems or dogmas and mark their own thing.
Thank you for sharing im new here and i really appreciate your effort 🙏💙❤
Welcome, Zina! I'm so glad you found this helpful ♥
Thank you. Yes I am a Taurus, and I can relate. I have experienced all three elements. I have learned to see different aspects of myself and my upbringing, my employment choices, etc... based on the established power structures throughout my life. I do feel as I get older that I am in a position to explore more unconventional paths due to the foundations I have formed because of what I have learned in the tradional path. I feel secure and safe to explore.
Very well explained kate
Thank you! 😃
Ohhhhh Mafia!! SMART
Never thought of it
Definitely! THANK YOU
i love your videos
Thank you for explaining the cards ❤
I always struggled with the church, stayed in a marriage well past it's expiry date and stayed in the rat-race even though it was killing my soul. I've since left these structures and it's the most freedom I have ever experienced. It makes sense because I have more Aries energy in me than Taurus.
I LOVE this series, thank you!
Thanks for sharing ♥ and I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying this series :)
i love it!!😍🥰😘love your energy
Oh, boy! I hate conforming! God knows I try, but it's not for me, it brings a lot of suffering to my spirit. Specially if the institution is deeply hypocritical. I prefer going alone and I can't feel warmth in the collective (I think I hate the idea of people liking me only while I'm obedient and "useful").
I always thought Hiero root word for ancient Egyptians.
I'm currently trying to find my place within a theatre group, what tasks I can do, what roles I can fulfil, I guess this card could be pointing to that
Really enjoyed this video.
Thank you
Excellent introduction. Nobody needs this card from a Christian-medieval worldview anymore. Fortunately, modern tarot decks often rename this card: something like "wisdom" or "inner voice".
What an unfortunate comment. Nobody needs Christian or Medieval references anymore? Just sad to hear such historically and philosophically ignorant statement since the tarot was born in and is a mirror of the richness this worldview brings. You can rename it all you want, the spirit of Western though, society, and spirituality is the basis of the tarot deck. And yet it transcends into the archetypical realm, which makes it so amazing.
I love your take on the Hierophant card and. look forward to your videos. I am not a fan of this card either.
Fabulous
This is a cool card= a very complex card - a good bishop OR a bad bishop?There is power and structure here and thus protection but of course to receive that protection you must give up a degree of your own ego ( which some people would do well with ) -- of course there is the loss of true freedom and innovation :)
Please let me know upper the crown three nail ?
Im really having difficulty understanding the message of this card. 😅
Some people say its an indication to follow the system in place at the moment, you speak of the ilusion of that, which makes a lot of sense to me.
Im stuck trying to understand wether this is a guiding energy trying to show us a path or a reflection of where we are at the moment in our path and thought structure.
Make me feel fake when I conform........why
Seems like a Sagittarius / 9th house card. Not stuffy, just traditional order. It’s still a desire to know. No. Not corporations, that’s the Emperor. Hmmm. I don’t know that I agree with you.
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I think, the lovers reversed as a person and the hierophant upright as a person are complete opposites of each other 🧐
I'm a little confused.....what would The Hierophant card mean when it falls in the advice position in a love reading?
would you say this card its like an initiation ???
Hermit and The hirophant reversed?
No one can just deflect the emerald splash
Mainstream narrative. They say......
Established doctrine. Questioning authority. Conformity to external social expectations, rules, etc. Conventional perspectives.
Whoever controls the narrative controls perception.
The Word of Truth is ever faithful (loyal, true, isomorphic) to Reality (That which is/That I am).
The card is meant to be nebulous.
Everyone wants to impart their feeling of Christianity and especially catholic feelings on it.
That’s on y’all
Does the “dark side” refer to the card if it’s reversed?
Yes, it can
Question, can this card boil down to 2 ppl? Say a couples reading? I got the card for a couple that every other card was about breaking up
Which is the variant of Cards in this video ?
I'm using the Universal Waite Tarot in this video.
Sorry Kate I adopted you as a teacher 😅, your videos are pretty interesting because you do not just transfer “knowledge” of these tarot cards, you talk from your own conscience, own creativity and own comprehension, so that is a cherry to the cake. I feel cringe as I am the only one that wrote the questions, but I enjoyed listening aswell writing them. Replying or reading to this comment is optional because nobody asked for this many text.
-What institutions have you experienced directly?
I was born as catholic, but I am not anymore.
-Has it been helpful?
Yes it settled in me the basic paradigms of respect and family cohesion.
-Hasn't been helpful?
Forcing to dump topics like astrology, tarot or even science it was not helpful. I think creation should be seen from many angles.
-What is your relation ship to conformity?
I am very rebel, I dislike any-kind of limitation. I am a brain with wings.
-When was the last time you conform?
Probably never, but I do prefer to trust any institution with high moral/ethic values, even tho I do not agree with certain aspects.
-What does it feels like for you to conform?
It feels like closing a whole universe of possibilities, imagine never studying esotericism or science.
-What does it feels like for you to not conform?
Like being a brain with wings, integrating what you comprehend from anywhere but not being too anchored in it. Scientific fanaticism is a thing.
-When in your life have you been choosing a conventional path?
When I had no option, you know like going to college.
-When has a teacher been really helpful for you?
When it teaches you how to think, not what to think.
-Where in your life you need to get more in touch with your inner guide/wise?
Anytime, my inner guide it’s the best guide because the questions that came from inside, inside are the answers aswell, knowing what I want is the best feeling of confidence, sometimes it’s ok to vent out, but at the end of the day, we must use our own keys to open our own locks.
-Did you learn anything new?
Yes! I learned that this card does not cover necessarily religious institutions but can represent aspects of any organized institutions, like the CIA. Thanks Kate for sharing your cool wisdom!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this exercise and thank you so much for sharing your answers here :) I read them! Glad you were able to fully explore this card and learn something new.
@@DailyTarotGirl 😄
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Religion!
he sounds so boring. 😅
Thank you so much for this amazing vidoe explanation about this card! I got to know about my destiny matrix chart and now I'm searching for all the arcanas meaning and your chanel is BRILLIANT 🤍
Thank you SO much!!!! Glad you're enjoying my videos ♥