The Hanged Man symbolizes alignment with the laws of the universe and rebellion against the laws of mankind. The seeker after enlightenment must go his or her own way on the journey between creation and completion, whatever the cost. But since death on the tree was the Christian sacrifice, The Hanged Man also symbolizes selfless love.
Divinatory meaning: flexibility, self-sacrifice in a good cause, responsiveness to inner intuition, discarding of undesirable aspects of behaviour or of the ego. Reversed: unsuccessful inner struggle, refusal to respond to intuition or to abandon undesirable qualities.
Other Paintings in this Series:
The Tower
Wheel of Fortune
Strength
Death
The Lovers
The Fool
The Sun
Of Related Interest:
Symbolism of the TAROT (Paperback Book)
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