12. The Hanged Man (Mem Water) Water

TRUMP card / Major Arcana: 12 - THE HANGED MAN
Hebrew Letter: MEM (WATER)
Hebrew Value: 40
Ruler: WATER / EMOTIONAL SACRIFICE

Positive Attributes:sacrifice, waiting, uncertainty, lack of direction, perspective, contemplation.

Negative Attributes: stalling, disinterest, stagnation, avoiding sacrifice, standstill, apathy.

The Thoth-HANGED MAN- key 12, displays a curious image of Severity, as well as, the implications are very different from the previous paths that connect the Personality and the Higher Self; Severity, because this is the Path of Mem ( Hebrew letter-meaning-Water) that connects Hod (Splendor) and Geburah (Severity) on the Pillar of Severity.

The Hanged Man is numbered Twelve and is depicted as a figure, usually male, hanging upside down from a tree or branch. He often has his hands behind his back, as though tied (though as you can see the Thoth interpretation moves away from this aspect of apparent helpnessness). Usually one leg is tucked behind the other to form a triangle shape. Strangely though, he tends to look quite happy and content with his situation.

Not a very popular card, the Hanged Man deals with sacrifice, delays and waiting - and also being bogged down and helplessness. We sacrifice every time we make a choice - reading this web page means you have sacrificed reading the alternatives. Since sacrifice can mean giving up one thing of value for another thing of equal or greater value, this card can easily be seen as representing the natural and normal function of disposing of something that no longer suits its purpose as well as its replacement will.

The Hanged Man is totally vulnerable, his attitude is "whatever will be, will be". He accepts everything that happens with equanimity and courage - he is, after all, simply giving in to his destiny. He can sometimes represent the person who has waited too long, who is perhaps scared to change. We should endure with strength and inner peace, but also be courageous enough to take action when destiny calls.

The hanged man understands that his position is a sacrifice that he needed to make in order to progress forward - whether as repentance for past wrongdoings, or a calculated step backward to recalculate his path onward. This time he spends here will not be wasted, he does this as part of his progression forward. His upside down state can also symbolize the feeling of those that walk a spiritual path, for they see the world differently. Where there are others that do not understand the need to sacrifice, you see it differently.

In certain decks, it depicts a man who is suspended upside-down, and he is hanging by his foot from the living world tree. This tree is rooted deep down in the underworld, and it is known to support the heavens. It is believed that the hanging man is actually positioned there by his own free will. His right foot is bound to the branches, but his left foot remains perfectly free. At the same time, he is holding his hands behind his back in a way which forms an inverted triangle.

The Tarot Experience is a Project linking Organic and Electronic Music with the Tarot Cards Energies. Iv'e created Image Videos to play along with my Music to connect dots within the wonderful World of Astro-Theology and Syncretism "The Holy Sciences". I have created the full Tarot Deck, 78 Videos/Songs, to help connect dots from the Stars to your Body to the way certain energies may manifests.

The first four albums each contains 14 Songs "1 song per Card for it's respective Suit". This project has four albums:

Ace of Cups: Emotional Body: Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)
Ace of Swords: Mental Body: Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)
Ace of Disks: Physical Body: Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)
Ace of Wands: Spiritual Body: Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)

Ace of Swords is more of a Trance Electro House Trip-Hop Techno.
Ace of Cups is an Electro-Guitar "No Distortion" type of Groove.
Ace of Disks is an Electro-Lounge
Ace of Wands is what I call Techno-Rock where I have some Rock Distortion intertwined with Electronic music.

I also have 2 Albums that consists of the Trump Cards (Major Arcana)
Trumps (Vol. I):
0 The Fool (Air)
1 The Magus (Mercury)
2 The High Priestess (Moon)
3 The Empress (Venus)
4 The Emperor (Aries)
5 The Hierophant (Taurus)
6 The Lovers (Gemini)
7 The Chariot (Cancer)
8 Strength (Leo)
9 The Hermit (Virgo)
10 Wheel of Fortune (Jupiter)

Trumps (Vol. II)
11 Justice (Libra)
12 The Hanged Man (Water)
13 Death (Scorpio)
14 Art / Temperance (Sagittarius)
15 The Devil (Capricorn)
16 The Tower (Mars)
17 The Star (Aquarius)
18 The Moon (Moon)
19 The Sun (Sun)
20 Aeon (Fire / Spirit)
21 The Universe (Saturn to Earth)

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