The Hierophant

Upright

The value of doing it the way it's been done — a mentor, an institution, a tradition that actually holds something. Sometimes the relief of not having to invent everything yourself.

Reversed

The inherited rule you've never examined. Leaving an institution, or realizing the tradition you're honoring belongs to someone else's life.

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