Sulis
When I look at this card I always think of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever crossed with Fred Flinstone . This is NOT a good image to have in my head...........Take a deep breath Sulis, ground and centre yourself and look again.
OK - I see a priest, maybe an Aztec priest. He's kneeling on some stone steps in front of a dark viel which is suspended between 2 pillars (there's those pillars and that viel again ).
He wears a ceremonial robe of leopard skin and a feathered headdress. His right hand points towards the heavens, his left hand holds a flaming staff.
2 people; a man and a woman kneel at his feet as though waiting to receive his blessing.
His robe and headdress make him look very important - they make me think of tradition, ritual and religeon.
This card also makes me think of the similarities between the words 'heirarchy' and 'hierophant' - There is definately heirarchy represented in this card - the priest is someone with wisdom and knowledge which he needs to convey to the 2 people kneeling before him.. Like the Emperor he is someone to look up to but not because he is a ruler, this man has a connection to the divine (represented by his right hand pointing heavenward and by the flame on his staff)
The Hierophant's number is 5 - Fives represent problems, but also solutions - the Hierophant is someone who we go to when we have a problem - a teacher, a counsellor ( Sorry if that's spelled wrong), a priest.
I actually quite like this card; he has a very pagan, earthy feeling to him which I can relate to a lot more than many of the more 'traditional' Hierophants' I've seen.
Love
Sulis xx
OK - I see a priest, maybe an Aztec priest. He's kneeling on some stone steps in front of a dark viel which is suspended between 2 pillars (there's those pillars and that viel again ).
He wears a ceremonial robe of leopard skin and a feathered headdress. His right hand points towards the heavens, his left hand holds a flaming staff.
2 people; a man and a woman kneel at his feet as though waiting to receive his blessing.
His robe and headdress make him look very important - they make me think of tradition, ritual and religeon.
This card also makes me think of the similarities between the words 'heirarchy' and 'hierophant' - There is definately heirarchy represented in this card - the priest is someone with wisdom and knowledge which he needs to convey to the 2 people kneeling before him.. Like the Emperor he is someone to look up to but not because he is a ruler, this man has a connection to the divine (represented by his right hand pointing heavenward and by the flame on his staff)
The Hierophant's number is 5 - Fives represent problems, but also solutions - the Hierophant is someone who we go to when we have a problem - a teacher, a counsellor ( Sorry if that's spelled wrong), a priest.
I actually quite like this card; he has a very pagan, earthy feeling to him which I can relate to a lot more than many of the more 'traditional' Hierophants' I've seen.
Love
Sulis xx