‘ You who give the right advice,
understanding us all,
did you ever wonder why
you are crying all alone?’
The Hierophant symbolizes the spiritual power, in a conservative and dogmatic perspective. It is the councilor, the certain spiritual help for those that seek it. His ability to analyze the situations along with patience and perseverance make him the perfect guide for those who are in search for an inner path and an absolution through forgiveness and confession. The card number 5 translates expertise, wisdom, altruism and warmth when it comes to the understanding of the problems of others at the expense of the hierophant’s own life as a human being. This self-sacrifice may mean loneliness and, somehow, chastity which, in fact, can result on prejudices, austerity and moralistical appreciations of others’ behaviour. He assures the persistence of the religious / social conventions because he stands for the institutionalized power. This energy, in case it isn’t properly oriented, can lead to manipulative tendencies over the others for whom he self-sacrifices in order to maintain his own power.
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