The Two of Cups often predicts a happy meeting between friends or lovers. In this card, opposites come together in a harmonious union. The Hierophant represents a bridge between spiritual and physical world and is associated with religion, traditions, conventional ways, but also higher knowledge, contracts, 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 combination of the Two of Cups and the Hierophant points to committed and lost-lasting relationships.
To understand the elemental relationships between the cards, we should always take into account their actual meaning. The elements of the cards are Water (Two of Cups) and Earth (Hierophant). Water and Earth blend together well, so we coud say that Hierophant's energy offers a solid base for the Two of Cups to manifest its full potential. The process is slow and gradual since the elements of both cards are passive, but overall, this combination shows steady and long term situations.