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[[File:12 The Hanged Man.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of the Hanged Man from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:12 The Hanged Man.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of the Hanged Man from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''The Hanged Man''' is the 12th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | '''The Hanged Man''' is the 12th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | ||
It is associated with the [[qlippoth]] of [[Ghogiel]] ("The Hinderers") on the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Death]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Symbolism== | ==Symbolism== | ||
[[File:Chastity Triumph.jpg|300px|thumb|Original triumph of Chastity from ''[[trionfi|I Trionfi]]'']] | |||
The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure— from the position of the legs—forms a hooked cross (a swastika). There is a nimbus around his head in the style of a [[martyr]]. It should be noted that the tree of sacrifice is living wood, with leaves thereon; that the face expresses deep entrancement, not suffering; and that the figure, as a whole, suggests life in suspension. | The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure— from the position of the legs—forms a hooked cross (a swastika). There is a nimbus around his head in the style of a [[martyr]]. It should be noted that the tree of sacrifice is living wood, with leaves thereon; that the face expresses deep entrancement, not suffering; and that the figure, as a whole, suggests life in suspension. | ||