The Library The Hierophant Reversed
Major Arcana
The Hierophant reversed
- tradition
- conformity
- spiritual guidance
- institutions
- belief systems
Reversed meaning
Reversed, the Hierophant signals a need to question authority, dogma, or convention. The rules may be doing more harm than good, or you are being called to forge your own spiritual path outside the gates of the institution. Orthodoxy is not always wisdom.
Reversed in love
Convention is being followed for its own sake, past the point it fits what you actually feel. Or you're rejecting every traditional form on principle, throwing out a structure that would have actually served you along with the parts that didn't.
Reversed at work
Bureaucracy has become an obstacle rather than a support, or you've outgrown a system that has nothing left to teach you. It may be time to find your own authority rather than waiting for one to be conferred.
Reversed in health
A treatment or a rule is being followed out of habit rather than because it's actually working for your particular body. It's time to question the protocol, not to abandon care altogether.
Reversed in spirit
Dogma has replaced actual faith, or you're outside every institution and calling the isolation freedom when it's really just avoidance. Question what you've been told to believe, then decide honestly whether you still do.
Reversed, as advice
Stop deferring to an authority that has stopped earning it. You are allowed to keep what served you from a tradition and leave the rest.