The Hierophant represents a bridge between spiritual and physical world and is associated with religion, traditions, conventional ways, but also with higher knowledge, contracts and organizations. The Hierophant can be a guide, a teacher, a counselor and in his negative manifestation he can be stubborn, hide-bound, short-sighted. The Hierophant is also card of forgiveness and confession.The Knight of Wands shows action, enthusiasm, progress and fast developments. He represents the stimulating and inspiring energy of wands and often foretells surprises and journeys. The combination of the Hierophand and the Knight of Wands points to someone who wants to break the traditional rules.
To understand the elemental relationships between the cards, we should always take into account their actual meaning. The elements of the cards are Earth (Hierophant) and Fire (Knight of Wands). Since the energies of these two cards are drastically different, the two cards fight each other, resulting in situations that are in contrast. What we should expect from this combination is fluctuations, contrasts and continuous change from one state to another.