What does the Hierophant Tarot Card

The symbolism of this card is one of the most difficult. Child, dancing in the pentagram points us to a holy guardian angel, to which fixed any magical work. Unusual rod, with the three, penetrate each other in circles, points to the interpenetration of the eons, the lord of which is ieorofant, as well as paternal and maternal principle of interaction that a child is born. Another sacred mystery Hierophant, is the unity of the pentagram and geksogramm, which means a man with the universe, and points to the principle vsesvyaznosti we considered in the sixth lecture.

Before we proceed to the psychological interpretation of the Hierophant, I beg you to remember, the subject of our fifth lecture. Then it was about what represents the archetype of speech and all that it involves. We have carefully followed the principle of formation of the language, understand how difficult it is to share our experience, because under the same concept in the tunnels of the reality of different people mean different, often opposite effects. But especially, I ask you to remember that the logical chain of correspondences that we spent - a word, logo, the god of light, discernment, consciousness. What a great set of definitions we have, the more the phenomena of the outer and inner world we can recognize, separated from the original unconscious unity. For example for a man quite ignorant of classical music that he had not heard would be presented to a single and similar, whereas the specialist may feel the subtle differences faces. In the darkness everything is unified by the light divided, because consciousness is identified with the light, unconscious - with the darkness. Understand this principle, we can understand the symbolism of certain religions, according to the notions that God (who is the light) creates the universe in short, that is, isolate it from the original chaotic unity.

This is a small return to distance, it is necessary to understand the basis of the fifth arhitepicheskoy Arcana - The Hierophant, which is a primordial word, logo, idea. The highest manifestation of this archetype is what stands guardian angel, and Initiator, which represents the guardian angel on the earth plane, but beyond that the Hierophant is the ability to thought as such. There is another subtlety - As you know, guardian angel usually appears in the image of the opposite sex, and those achieving the interview reaches androgyny, in connection with this we can draw a parallel with one of the highest aspects of anime in Analytical Psychology (details in my article about the parallels between the teachings Jung and Crowley), and this is another clue to the paradox that some compliance data Hierophant are male and others female.

Look at the map carefully. The central figure of a priest, is represented in the form of the pentagram, aspiring upwards, centered on another pentagram. In this case, there is no need to cite all the values of the pentagram - who wants to can turn to research Fratera Marcia. The main and most common meaning of this symbol - a symbol of upward striving of consciousness, the spirit of the fifth element which is organized into a coherent structure of the original four. Simply put a pentagram is a symbol of consciousness.

But the image of Venus, it is also the image of Lilith, which first appears at this Arkan is, she is the inspiration, consciousness, life and the dynamics of life, because consciousness is making all efforts tending to her. That is because some data for this match at Arkan are male and some female. This is a very complicated and delicate issue, for a true comprehension of which requires considerable inner work. Jung, has repeatedly written that is not enough to reveal the truth once and for eventually living word turns into a dead dogma, and subject knowledge in a matter of faith. You need each day to re-open once the open truth. This idea is strongly related to What is an archetype of the Hierophant, as a principle of consciousness, the outbreak of which is the very opening of the truth.

In psychology, there is such a thing - insight, inspiration, experience which we relate to this What does the archetype. This is particularly evident in the work of analytical psychology: the case that the analysand year repeats the definition of a complex that actively builds on the concept of the processes of his unconscious, the analyst than he is actively helping. And a year later (a month, go for five years does not matter) there comes a time when quantity turns into quality, and the analysand perceives, what does this all the time mentioned. His self-knowledge goes to another level, and from walking on the horizontal, vertical jump occurs. This is the same Archimedean "Eureka" delighted by the unexpected outbreak of consciousness, the light of knowledge and understanding, which is called insight.