Mary El Tarot - The Hanged Man

Bat Chicken

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This Hanged Man’ s environment looks like what might lie in the pond beneath the High Priestess. Suspended, he looks like the dragonfly emerging from the nymph. I get the sense of the moments before birth – upside down in the womb…. Still connected to the Divine.

I am wondering what the underwater ‘trees’ are? I am certain that this card reflects some of the Thoth’s blues and therefore has a heavy Qabalistic undertone.

Thoughts?
 

Requiella

http://www.mary-el.com/12.html

This Hanged Man’ s environment looks like what might lie in the pond beneath the High Priestess.

Thoughts?

Ooooh... Interesting thought! What a cool idea.

I've been staring at this card for a while now, and the only thing I can really come up with at this point is that it's quite dream-like and surreal.

Lots of ideas to ponder tonight with Cards IX - XIV...I'm way behind!

(OT: Just out of curiosity, is there a reason we're skipping Death?)
 

Requiella

Ah! Yep, I missed it. Thanks!
 

Debra

He's got no genitals.
 

Bat Chicken

He's got no genitals.

It sure looks that way. Any theories to offer as to why? It seems to be androgynous as opposed to hermaphroditic as many of the other cards not wanting to be just one or the other take.
 

Bat Chicken

Yup, I would agree... Twisted around the roots of the mangrove....
 

Debra

It sure looks that way. Any theories to offer as to why? It seems to be androgynous as opposed to hermaphroditic as many of the other cards not wanting to be just one or the other take.

I wanted to be sure I wasn't seeing things (or that I was correctly not seeing things, I should say :laugh:

I think completely desexualized; that's how it feels to me--not able to express sexuality in any way; completely self-contained at least so long as he/she is hanging. eta: So in this deck, when you're stuck, you're without sexuality.

Kelp forest, that seems right. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a fantastic display; here's their webcam (there's also video of it, if this doesn't work). I do like the idea that it's the lagoon that the High Priestess is rooted in, too. http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_kelp/kelp_cam.aspx?view=2
 

ZKEI

I like this one a lot.
I've recently dedicated 3 posts to discuss about this card only on my blog (though not in English, I can sum up some here).

With the openness of the (red) mind eyes but the the secretiveness/cover-up of the hand gesture, it seems he/she enlighten from within, rather than without.

His/her head under Deep water level is resonant with the Nimbus meanings in the RWS.

Such "within enlightenment" also levels up the Deep water level surrounding him/her. And the shape of that which looks like the arrow tip suggests him/her to go deep down in order to find the Ultimate Truth.

:)