Step 8 of 12 · Youth, Age and Learning
The Hierophant
Why this step
The Hierophant brings in the passing on of knowledge. On this site the card is Forseti, who settled disputes by knowing the old rules well enough to apply them fairly, and it honours the wisdom of people who solved the same kind of problem before you were born: a mentor, or a practice that has lasted because it works. Its reversed reading is the other side. When the old rule and the present stop agreeing, the entry says to trust the present.