Little Baron
Todays draw is the Hanged Man (The submissive).
The Hanged Man hangs from one foot on a three-piece wooden construction. Hanging from it are also what seems to be two meat hooks (what is it with these meat hooks?), a spillin bucket, a mask and a coiled snake. In the background, there us water. The big yellow circle, at first, I thought was a Sun but now, I can see that the Hanged Man is attatched to it. Is it a big button?
The Hanged Man wears an all in one white outfit and a kind of black (rubber?) gimp mask. Another construction like this one is shown in the distance but nobody is hanging from it. On closer inspection, I can now see that the white outfit is like some sort of strait-jacket. The threads from it are all loose and hanging.
Graham Cameron says of this card -
"The Hanged Man is governed by the element of water.
A man hangs upside down, his arms are bound within a strait jacket. One leg is tied, the other forms a downward triangle. A rubber mask covers his head. The Hanged Man is detatched from the outer world. He lives in his dreams, suspended between heaven and earth, and hovers in willing submission, allowing himself to be controlled by constraints and discomforts of his own choosing.
Because the Hanged Man's mental powers are confined, he achieves very little as he hange in isolation and solitude. A mask beside him represents a time when he was active in the theatre, and also serves as a reminder that he may have the opportunity to join the theatre again. A snake appears, symbolising that it is his own fantasies the Hanged Man is bound.
This card warns us of the dangers of living life in the role of the martyr.
A change is immine, but a great sacrifice must be made, a period of transition, sacrifice is necessary for effectiveness. A pause in life.
Reverse: too absorbed in one's own problems, self-centred, victim of the opinions of others".
I read a biography of the famous Madam, Cynthia Payne recently, who was raided and jailed for running a 'disorderly house' in the 80's. Within the book, she spoke about many of her clients and their sexual needs. Some men would like to be driven into the countryside, stripped naked and tied up. Cynthia would then drive away and leave them there. She also told how some would want to be locked in cuboards for days on end.
Cameron talks about the Hanged Man's willing submission and being controlled by the constraints and discomforts of his own choosing. This can be linked to people that like to be controlled, dominated and humiliated for sexual pleasure. I have never thought about the general Hanged Man in this way before. I always took the card to mean a suspension in time which would be beneficial and to advice that to be non-active would be the best course of action. I can see the link when I view this man as someone who has recognised this and has willingly allowed himself to be strung up.
Looking at this card, I am now wondering why there are two breaks in the left purple part of the frame and one in the right. What do you think the two empty hooks should hold? Company? Is the snake leaving - he looks like he is on his way out. What does he symbolise? I may be wrong but thought that they symbolised some kind of 'knowlege'.
Look forward to your responses on this one. Apologies for not posting yesterday. I have not been around much for the last couple of days.
Best wishes
Yaboot
The Hanged Man hangs from one foot on a three-piece wooden construction. Hanging from it are also what seems to be two meat hooks (what is it with these meat hooks?), a spillin bucket, a mask and a coiled snake. In the background, there us water. The big yellow circle, at first, I thought was a Sun but now, I can see that the Hanged Man is attatched to it. Is it a big button?
The Hanged Man wears an all in one white outfit and a kind of black (rubber?) gimp mask. Another construction like this one is shown in the distance but nobody is hanging from it. On closer inspection, I can now see that the white outfit is like some sort of strait-jacket. The threads from it are all loose and hanging.
Graham Cameron says of this card -
"The Hanged Man is governed by the element of water.
A man hangs upside down, his arms are bound within a strait jacket. One leg is tied, the other forms a downward triangle. A rubber mask covers his head. The Hanged Man is detatched from the outer world. He lives in his dreams, suspended between heaven and earth, and hovers in willing submission, allowing himself to be controlled by constraints and discomforts of his own choosing.
Because the Hanged Man's mental powers are confined, he achieves very little as he hange in isolation and solitude. A mask beside him represents a time when he was active in the theatre, and also serves as a reminder that he may have the opportunity to join the theatre again. A snake appears, symbolising that it is his own fantasies the Hanged Man is bound.
This card warns us of the dangers of living life in the role of the martyr.
A change is immine, but a great sacrifice must be made, a period of transition, sacrifice is necessary for effectiveness. A pause in life.
Reverse: too absorbed in one's own problems, self-centred, victim of the opinions of others".
I read a biography of the famous Madam, Cynthia Payne recently, who was raided and jailed for running a 'disorderly house' in the 80's. Within the book, she spoke about many of her clients and their sexual needs. Some men would like to be driven into the countryside, stripped naked and tied up. Cynthia would then drive away and leave them there. She also told how some would want to be locked in cuboards for days on end.
Cameron talks about the Hanged Man's willing submission and being controlled by the constraints and discomforts of his own choosing. This can be linked to people that like to be controlled, dominated and humiliated for sexual pleasure. I have never thought about the general Hanged Man in this way before. I always took the card to mean a suspension in time which would be beneficial and to advice that to be non-active would be the best course of action. I can see the link when I view this man as someone who has recognised this and has willingly allowed himself to be strung up.
Looking at this card, I am now wondering why there are two breaks in the left purple part of the frame and one in the right. What do you think the two empty hooks should hold? Company? Is the snake leaving - he looks like he is on his way out. What does he symbolise? I may be wrong but thought that they symbolised some kind of 'knowlege'.
Look forward to your responses on this one. Apologies for not posting yesterday. I have not been around much for the last couple of days.
Best wishes
Yaboot