Readings
Two Cards
If you are trying to make a very important decision in your life and you don’t know which path to follow, if you are really doubtful about the consequences the crossroads tarot spread will help you to find your way.
The Hierophant
Upright
Spiritual wisdom, religious beliefs, conformity, tradition,institutions
The Hierophant card is often associated with religion and other formal theories and signifies an established collection of spiritual beliefs. Before you can discover and build your own spiritual experience and make your own decisions (as associated with the next card, the Lovers), the Hierophant encourages you to learn the fundamental principles from trusted sources.
Work with a teacher, mentor, or guide who nourishes your spiritual consciousness and helps you access the Divine by learning the traditions and core principles. Also you may be taking on the role of teacher to others. In this position, you honour and recognize your responsibility to share your knowledge in a structured way.
The Hierophant‘s appearance hints that you are following customs and staying within the bounds of a ‘tried and tested’ pattern. You are not yet willing to go out or offer any innovative ideas. Instead, you rely on the key principles and rules that you know will take you to a successful result.
The Hierophant may call you to acknowledge your family traditions or sacred rituals that is forgotten. You are being asked to commit to spiritual tradition in its most complete form – no customisation, no adaptation, no bending the rules. Sometimes, in love reading this card can also indicate commitment or marriage.
The Hierophant Tarot card often speaks to group membership or being part of an organization. You may enjoy a deep sense of comfort being surrounded by people who have well-established belief systems and specific preferences.
Reversed
Personal beliefs, freedom, challenging the status quo
The reversed Hierophant hints you that you are your own teacher. All the wisdom you seek arises from within – not from external world. You are being led to follow your own path and start your own spiritual joruney rather than blindly following others’. You will learn to trust your inner voice and step into your inner knowledge over time. Others may question your urges to go against tradition, but you will know that now is the time.
You see alternative methods of seeing the world and are ready to test and evaluate the very ideas and theories you were taught were the ‘truth’. You no longer follow the crowd and accept the firm structures, tradition and dogma around you; instead, you seek out opportunities to reclaim personal power. If you feel restricted or constrained, now is the time to make your own rules and get back your sense of freedom.
The Hierophant reversed is like a rebellious and revolutionary teenager who begins to question society. There may be a conflict with a parent or authoritative figure.
Judgement
Upright
Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution
The Judgement card is a wake-up call for you to welcome a greater level of consciousness. You are experiencing an awakening and understanding that you are destined for so much more. You hear the signal and are ready to tune in to a higher frequency. Let go of your old character and step into the greater.
The Judgement card often means that you need to make a transformational decision, but unlike those connected with the rational Justice card, this decision needs a combination of feeling and mind. You may be at a crossroads, conscious that any option you choose will bring an important change with long-term consequences. Trust your judgment and you are on the right path.
Judgment appers in a Tarot reading when you are close to attaining a significant step in your journey. You have learned from your past experiences. All the parts of the puzzle of your life are finally coming together to form one, combined picture of your story. This integration has fixed deep wounds.
The Judgement card hints that you may find support in sharing your struggles within a group environment. There could be other people who have encountered related experiences and who can show you the way to freedom from your problems. Let them help you, so you can grow together.
Reversed
Self-doubt, inner critic, ignoring the call
The Reversed Judgement requests for a time of contemplation. Through quiet contemplation, you may come to a deeper understanding of the common themes forming throughout your life and what you can do to not to experience these situations. You may have kept them a secret because you fear how the judgement of other people. To clear these regrets and guilt, work on your self-acceptance and freedom.
The Reversed Judgement often shows up when the Universe is trying to send you a message to call you to something more significant, but you’re not hearing. You are doing your best to pretend you didn’t get it and are moving on with your everyday life, believing it will go away. But the ‘call’ never just goes away; it just gets louder until you hear.
Sometimes, the Reversed Judgement symbolizes your inner critic is too loud and harsh. You may doubt yourself or think negatively. Hear it out and accept its fear. With concentrated discipline, you can break the cycle of over-analysis of yourself and replace it with positive thought patterns.