What card Am I?- Solved

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 25 Nov 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

jmd	25 Nov 2003
I am not lame, yet look lamed. With Sulphur I may bring catharsis...

gloria	25 Nov 2003
Oh God JMD! I am going for Temperance, the angel here seems as if she could be concocting a potion for relief. I doubt very much if I am on right track though. G.

Minderwiz	25 Nov 2003
The Devil - reach out for the outstretched arm of God and be saved - Sulphur is a reputed element of Hell and the Devil - break the chains and undergo catharsis?????

Dark_angel	25 Nov 2003
King of Cups? I'm thinking about 'lamed' here?

skytwig	25 Nov 2003
Thank you jmd, that was delicious!!!! The World.

Mystic Zyl	25 Nov 2003
Justice.....because it appears that there is no justice, that the legal system is lame........sulphur is unpleasant but a necessary element.....catharsis, putting an end to something as in a court trial.

jmd	25 Nov 2003
...I can see how each of these could be the card... but thought I would word it in such ways as to lead off-track: it worked ;) ...and I really like everyone's posted explanations. But, as yet, none of these :)

gloria	26 Nov 2003
The Tower? Something I came across yesterday whilst trying to unravel the clue.

Minderwiz	26 Nov 2003
Well the letter Lamed looks sort of like the symbol for Saturn (in a certain light) and if I was into the GD stuff I would say that Saturn is associated with The World XXI

Mystic Zyl	26 Nov 2003
Hanged Man?

Dark_angel	26 Nov 2003
Knight of Swords? In the Medieval Scapini tarot, he only wears one boot, his other foot is bare. He also rides to war; isn't sulphur a chemical used in gunpowder? So, with sulphur, the knight could bring catharsis. This is SO HARD! lol.

jmd	26 Nov 2003
Mystic Zyl has it :) The hanged man, especially in earlier decks, actually follows the form of the twelth letter of the Hebrew alphabet Lamed (I suspect one of the reasons why the tied leg may have been inversed is to loose that visual similarity and its earlier assumed connection between this letter and card). I therefore played with the word 'lamed', as he (usually) has one leg/foot folded - as though unusable. His overall frame is at times said to reflect the alchemical symbol of Suphur, and his overall state permits him to see things from an altered viewpoint, which may reflect an initiatic experience, and can certainly be cathartic. I hope I didn't make it too obscure :)

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