What’s the darkest truth about your love life?

August 27. Today, the card "Hierophant" fell out for you

The Hierophant card might not be the one you would associate with love, but it is ready to answer your question nonetheless. The card suggests that your relationship is far from being a free journey. It appears that you are going a prearranged route that has been laid out by tradition, fear, or conditioning. The darkest truth is that you are not choosing partners but auditioning them for a role created by someone else’s expectations.  

The Hierophant card in love sheds the light on how you outsource our desires. You are after the relationships that look right on paper but lead to a decay of your spirit. The card suggests that you are not afraid of being alone. You are afraid of being judged for who you love and how you love. 

As a feeling, the Hierophant is the crushing weight of “supposed to.” It brings this dull ache in your chest when you force yourself to feel something you don’t. It stings you with shame when you desire something the society deems wrong. You feel emptiness that is, in fact, enslavement. You have followed the map diligently. Now, right when you reach the destination, you realize that you never wanted to get here in the first place. 

The Hierophant as a yes or no leans toward a “No.” The approval you seek is a prison. Break out of it. Your heart knows the way.