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The Hierophantfor Capricorn · The Future
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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
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)
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.
Where it shows up.
The Hierophant for Capricorn in The Future
The Architect
Jupiter against Saturn-ruled Capricorn is relief showing up somewhere Capricorn 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 what comes next through a Capricorn lens, the Hierophant card says that you feel like you have a plan written down somewhere (or in your head), something you are building toward that justifies the present, and measured in concrete milestones not ordinary days. This has either created a life with real forward motion and purpose or one where you reach each milestone and immediately set the next one, never actually arriving anywhere. You already know what comes next, and you are afraid of what it will cost you to get there. The Capricorn blind spot in it is being useless, being a burden, being the person who could not hold it together.
In practice that can look like a door closing and it mattering, or the next chapter starting without permission. Whatever form it takes, it is happening in the visible world where other people can see it.
Somewhere else?
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