Sitting alone, unfriendly? Powerful?

What are your thoughts on The Hierophant? How do other decks portray this card?

The Heophant reminds us to do what is right,to find a balance between inner urges and outer duties.His hand gesture to me says be still and listen
His name brings to mind Marriage/looking for spiritual and religous meaning /the legal system

Chris that card has such a lovely background?, so much going on, but the lady is  err a lady? A lady Heirophant?

The Hierophant in my card is a gray haired man defiantly masculine features may be not to clear on the above picture

In some decks we see the High Priestess and the High Priest instead of the Hierophant. Bizarre that they would both be ladies when we are always looking for balance. Anyway, to me the hierophant is a lot more orthodox. He is all about tradition and traditional thought. He can represent anyone in a more traditional profession such as a priest, doctor, nurse, teacher or all round advisor but always someone you can trust to give you impartial and sensible advice.

The advise you receive, like that of the grand master in Karate Kid does not always make sense (hence the moon in the background) but it is always well thought out and deep with meaning.