GeorgiePorgie
He holds the keys because he wants to be sure you are ready to use them.
I have thought that the Hierophant is someone who asks you what you subdue yourself to, whether it be community pressures, family commitments, religion, politics, I sometimes feel he is about conforming to someone elses ideals and if you are ok with that you can be stay subdued like the monks that kneel before him or you can rise up strong in your own beliefs.
He wants you to be aware of the "rules" (social conformity) but listen your own inner thoughts about what we believe to be true.
He is a card I have trouble with too, if that wasn't blatantly obvious.
I have thought that the Hierophant is someone who asks you what you subdue yourself to, whether it be community pressures, family commitments, religion, politics, I sometimes feel he is about conforming to someone elses ideals and if you are ok with that you can be stay subdued like the monks that kneel before him or you can rise up strong in your own beliefs.
He wants you to be aware of the "rules" (social conformity) but listen your own inner thoughts about what we believe to be true.
He is a card I have trouble with too, if that wasn't blatantly obvious.