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The Hierophantfor Aries · Love and Relationships

The Hierophant tarot card

"The rules exist for a reason. But so does your gut."

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On the card

The hierophant sits upon a throne in regalia between two pillars, holding both hands up with a scepter in one hand and two faithful servants at their feet

Upright
TraditionWisdomTeachingSpiritual Guidance

Focus on studying and honoring the traditions you hold dear. Feel a bone deep knowledge of the things you care about-- don't be afraid to find a guru to guide your path (or learn more by guiding others)

Reversed

You are stuck by your own pride or the rigid structures of your mind. Let your ego be humbled and remember to experiment and iterate even with what you feel you know best

Its place in the deck.

Major ArcanaCard 5
One of the 22 Major Arcana. They point to the large themes and turning points in a life, not the day to day. When one comes up, the reading is about something bigger than this week.
StageThe outer world
After the Fool, the Major Arcana run in three stages of seven: the outer world (1 to 7), the turn inward (8 to 14) and the return (15 to 21). This one is in the outer world: building a workable self out of will, learning and structure.

Where it shows up.

In the stars
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JupiterThis card's planet
Growth, luck, and the urge to say yes to more.
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The Hierophant for Aries in Love and Relationships

The Initiator

Jupiter against Mars-ruled Aries is relief showing up somewhere Aries had already accepted the difficulty. The suspicion of easy things is part of the pattern here. Upright, this is happening out in the visible world, where other people can see it and respond to it.

When reading about relationships through an Aries lens, the Hierophant card says that you feel like your person is the spark that tells you that you are alive, the mirror you look in to check if you are still winning (or losing), and something you can set on fire and rebuild constantly. This has either created a partnership where you both move fast and break things together, or left you chasing the feeling of the first three months with person after person. The thing you're not saying out loud is the thing that matters most. The Aries blind spot in it is the feeling that nothing you do makes any difference, that you are not the center of the story.

In practice that can look like a turning point rather than an incident, or meeting someone who changes the shape of it. Whatever form it takes, it is happening in the visible world where other people can see it.

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