CreativeFire
Continuing to work through the Majors - on to the Hanged Man.
The first thing that jumps out at me in this card (compared to other decks eg RWS), is that the Thoth Hanged Man is 'nailed' by his hands and foot. This gives me something to think about with this card, as usually I think of this card often relating to voluntary sacrifice, which could still apply - but who nailed him in position? Makes me think that it may not be so voluntary in this card.
The snakes I usually relate to transformation, however no doubt they have other meanings in this card, with one seemingly tying him to the inverted Ankh and one curled up in the dark area below his head. I would be interested to hear others thoughts on these snakes, as I am totally without my book at the moment.
The 'rays' (lines) seem to emanate from the Hanged Man's head downwards towards to the snake - maybe meaning his thoughts from viewing things from a different perspective transform his outlook on life ??
The other thing that struck me about this card is the overall colour scheme of blues and greens, which I usually associate to emotions and peace / healing, respectively.
I am looking forward to reading others thoughts on this card and if anyone knows about the little squares / screen behind the Hanged Man would be interesting as well.
CreativeFire
PS. I have attached a scan of the card for ease of reference for the study.
The first thing that jumps out at me in this card (compared to other decks eg RWS), is that the Thoth Hanged Man is 'nailed' by his hands and foot. This gives me something to think about with this card, as usually I think of this card often relating to voluntary sacrifice, which could still apply - but who nailed him in position? Makes me think that it may not be so voluntary in this card.
The snakes I usually relate to transformation, however no doubt they have other meanings in this card, with one seemingly tying him to the inverted Ankh and one curled up in the dark area below his head. I would be interested to hear others thoughts on these snakes, as I am totally without my book at the moment.
The 'rays' (lines) seem to emanate from the Hanged Man's head downwards towards to the snake - maybe meaning his thoughts from viewing things from a different perspective transform his outlook on life ??
The other thing that struck me about this card is the overall colour scheme of blues and greens, which I usually associate to emotions and peace / healing, respectively.
I am looking forward to reading others thoughts on this card and if anyone knows about the little squares / screen behind the Hanged Man would be interesting as well.
CreativeFire
PS. I have attached a scan of the card for ease of reference for the study.