The Sagittarian Tarot - Trump 26

[avevale_intelligencer]

TRUMP 26: THE HANGED ONE.



The tree we have seen so much of is now full grown and splendid, and grows on the right of the card, in a green field bounded by a hedge. From one branch hangs a figure, upside down by one ankle, the other leg crossed behind. The hands are behind the back, and the expression is ecstatic.

The card represents the final act of sacrifice. Having regained itself, the soul offers itself up to whatever powers there be. It is not a retreat, but an advance: not a renunciation, but a claim. "It is one of the ancients' least comprehended and most ignored truths that the only possible sacrifice is the irrevocable and whole-hearted offering of one's self" (Shirinin); this card encompasses and encapsulates this truth.

The card is Passive, Mutative and Bright, a Counselling Card aspected to Wand and Sword.

Note: keen-eyed scrutineers will observe that the rope around the Hanged One’s left ankle is not attached to the tree, or to anything else. This is common to all Sagittarian Tarot decks; the reason is unclear.

Comments

[eintx.livejournal.com]

Looks a bit like Verneen - but she's not entirely naked, is she? :)

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

You're quite right. In fact, she's not naked at all. I really should have spotted that. I'm usually quite good at recognising nakedness when it's in front of me. I must have been really tired. :)

[much-of-a.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful.

The "by the way, the rope is not attached to the tree" is, I think, a beautiful touch.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Thank you!