The positive/negative paths and Arcana 5

[Strannik]

We do get to know all of ourself in the long path of evolution. However, we do not walk both paths. The positive polarity treats the Shadow as a friend and the shadow works for the Light. It is an essential part of ourselves indeed, but either polarity works differently with the resources of his being.
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Ra says that the Hierophant is the Significator of Mind, both actor and acted upon.
Taurus is attributed to Key 5 and therein the Moon is exalted. This means that the powers of subconsciousness, memory and recollection, have their highest manifestation in the mental activities pictured in Key 5. (Again, Ra says that the Hierophant is a highly developed resource offering biases with which to meet new experiences.)

Arcana are symbols. To understand Arcana, it is necessary to understand the meaning of a symbol by the principle of analogy and the relationship of some symbols to others. Thus, you can identify the idea, the principle embedded in the Arcanum.

Example. Arcana 1. Mag.
We see a man in his prime, holding his rod high in his right hand, his right leg is forward, his left hand is a little back, he is wearing white slightly pinkish clothes, a leather belt on his belt, and a coin and a sword on the table on the front. , and there is a bowl.
I deliberately gave a simplified description of Arcana only from those symbols that I would like to explain.

The sword, bowl and coin placed separately from the magician, because they are not part of his nature, only the rod, he holds high in his hand - this is a symbol of the will of the magician, with all his posture he personifies determination. "I am like an arrow shot from a bow, no doubt no hesitation," "Body and spirit are one."
White slightly pinkish clothes are a symbol of youth, a person who has embarked on the path of knowledge should forever remain a young soul. "If you don't change and become like a child, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven"
The magician’s hand laid back is a symbol of his hidden power, even in the moments of the most desperate battles, a person should not use all his strength.
The leather belt on the belt separates the higher principles from the lower ones, the magician is no longer the slave of his passions, he subordinated them to the higher principle.

I do not bring here the image of Arcana, since there is not one exact image of them, all the images I met have great distortions.