Now that I've Wikied it ... ganked from Alex Beecroft

[elingregory]

You are The Hierophant

Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching.

All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.

The Hierophant's purpose is to bring the spiritual down to Earth. Where the High Priestess between her two pillars deals with realms beyond this Earth, the Hierophant (or High Priest) deals with worldly problems. He is well suited to do this because he strives to create harmony and peace in the midst of a crisis. The Hierophant's only problem is that he can be stubborn and hidebound. At his best, he is wise and soothing, at his worst, he is an unbending traditionalist.

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So it seems that the heirophant was the doorman at Eleusis :D I also really like this bit:

As the guide towards knowledge, insight, and wisdom, in a tarot reading it might, for example, represent a priest, scholar, therapist, or teacher although these individuals are more definitively represented by the Hermit.

Comments

[jenniferthorne.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I got The Empress. People have been telling me that I'm an 'earth mother' for years, but I couldn't understand why. LOL. I never felt terribly motherly (at least not in the sense where I wanted to be in charge of other people). I'm kind of growing into it, though.

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Ooh earth mother is good. My kids shake their head over me saying I'm okay on the odd occasions when I'm on the same plane as them. Odd socks are routine in our house.

I like the peaceful aspect of heirophancy. I really dislike drama.

[mcgonagalls-cat.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention this.....

[wulfila.livejournal.com]

Great - your result sounds quite impressive!

I ended up as the High Priestess again (as I did several years ago when Alex Beecroft posted this quiz (http://alex-beecroft.livejournal.com/5134.html) for the first time).