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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. | ||
It is a card of profound significance, but all the significance is veiled. Like the sun placed in the midst of the signs of the Zodiac (six signs on each side represented by the lopped branches), our young hero is suspended between two decisions, from which will spring his spiritual future. This Hanged Man serves for an example to the presumptuous, and his position indicates discipline, the absolute submission which the human owes to the Divine. Divine expansion in humanity is produced by the prophets and revelation, and this inspires the idea of the revealed law. But the revelation of the law involves punishment for him who violates it, or elevation for him who understands it; and here we find the ideas of punishment, of violent death, voluntary or involuntary. | It is a card of profound significance, but all the significance is veiled. Like the sun placed in the midst of the signs of the Zodiac (six signs on each side represented by the lopped branches), our young hero is suspended between two decisions, from which will spring his spiritual future. This Hanged Man serves for an example to the presumptuous, and his position indicates discipline, the absolute submission which the human owes to the Divine. Divine expansion in humanity is produced by the prophets and revelation, and this inspires the idea of the revealed law. But the revelation of the law involves punishment for him who violates it, or elevation for him who understands it; and here we find the ideas of punishment, of violent death, voluntary or involuntary. | ||