Darla
High Priestess vs. Hierophant
Hi,
Yesterday I purchased my first Rider-Waite deck (Universal Waite) and after inspecting the cards I have to say it was about time!
Anyway, while looking at the major arcana the High Priestess and the Hierophant caught my eye and I thought about similarities and differences. The first thing that came to my mind were the pillars on each card. However, I immediately noticed that the ones on the HP card are black and white. I interpret this as the balance of light and darkness, of the knowledge and the need to balance positive and negative forces. It suites the mysterious side of the HP combined with knowledge.
However, both pillars on the Hierophant's card are white. I know that the Hierophant can also mean teacher and a lot of other things but if we focus on his religious side, can this mean that (from a christian point of view) he ignores the negative side (as in God is pure good, the Devil is pure evil)?
Compared to the HP he also seems more like a king, whereas the HP more looks like a gentle adviser. I mean, if I had the choice to which one I would go to get religious advice I think I would pick the HP. Although I imagine she would be more mysterious in her advice whereas I guess the Hierophant would speak more open. I think if she would give you an advice you would have to figure out for yourself what this means for you whereas he would give you clear directions.
Any thoughts on this? Any more similarities/differences?
Hi,
Yesterday I purchased my first Rider-Waite deck (Universal Waite) and after inspecting the cards I have to say it was about time!
Anyway, while looking at the major arcana the High Priestess and the Hierophant caught my eye and I thought about similarities and differences. The first thing that came to my mind were the pillars on each card. However, I immediately noticed that the ones on the HP card are black and white. I interpret this as the balance of light and darkness, of the knowledge and the need to balance positive and negative forces. It suites the mysterious side of the HP combined with knowledge.
However, both pillars on the Hierophant's card are white. I know that the Hierophant can also mean teacher and a lot of other things but if we focus on his religious side, can this mean that (from a christian point of view) he ignores the negative side (as in God is pure good, the Devil is pure evil)?
Compared to the HP he also seems more like a king, whereas the HP more looks like a gentle adviser. I mean, if I had the choice to which one I would go to get religious advice I think I would pick the HP. Although I imagine she would be more mysterious in her advice whereas I guess the Hierophant would speak more open. I think if she would give you an advice you would have to figure out for yourself what this means for you whereas he would give you clear directions.
Any thoughts on this? Any more similarities/differences?