The Hierophant and Five of Pentacles

This pair carries a double attribution: the Hierophant is the fifth trump and the ruler of Taurus, and the Five of Pentacles is one of the three Taurus decans, so number and rulership agree. The image is the plainest in the deck. Two figures pass outside in the snow; the lit window they are passing is a church.

Associated with hardship endured just outside somewhere that would help. Read as isolation rather than as rejection.

Exclusion from an institution while still being within sight of it. Frequently read where support formally exists and has not been claimed.

The tradition is unambiguous here and rarely is. The help in this pair is real, it is close, and the card turns entirely on whether anybody goes in.