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The Hanged Man (tarot card)

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martyr. It should be noted (1) that the tree of sacrifice is living wood, with leaves thereon; (2) that the face expresses deep entrancement, not suffering; (3) that the figure, as a whole, suggests life in suspension, but life and not death. It has been called falsely a card of martyrdom, a card of
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Modern versions of the tarot deck depict a man hanging upside-down by one foot. The figure is most often suspended from a wooden beam (as in a cross or gallows) or a tree. Ambiguity results from the fact that the card itself may be viewed inverted.
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There is a halo burning brightly around the hanged man's head, signifying a higher learning or an enlightenment.
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12. THE HANGED MAN.—Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy.
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Wood, Juliette (1998). "The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in Modern Legend Making".
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Waite writes that the card carries several divinatory associations:
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The Magical World of the Tarot: Fourfold Mirror of the Universe
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In other interpretations, The Hanged Man is a depiction of the
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is conventionally shown as having been crucified upside-down.
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The Hanging Man (tarot card)

Rider–Waite tarot deck
Major Arcana
tarot
game playing
divination
pittura infamante
[pitˈtuːraiɱfaˈmante]
hanged
Tarocco Siciliano
Norse
Odin
Judas Iscariot

Cross of St. Peter
Saint Peter
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
A. E. Waite
Rider–Waite tarot deck
Tau cross
fylfot cross
Great Work


Waite (1979)
Waite (1979)
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Gray (1988)
Gray, Eden

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