RW: If his legs form and cross and his arms, folded behind him together with his head form a triangle with the point downward..then we have + over upside down triangle
Not into alchemy...but think this is the inverted symbol of sulphur.
Any alchemists out there?
Can't get full triangle drawn...Acc to one reference ( Eden Gray's Complete Guide to the Taro) this is
the sign of the accomplishment of the Great Work...the overcoming of personality and the transmutation of the lower passions into pure gold...ultimately the HM must stand on his own feet and surmount the cross thus reversing figure with triangle on top , point up and cross underneath:
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The World is card #21 reversal number of Hanged Man Card #12
About the World, Eden Gray says:
The legs of the dancer
form a cross, as do those of the Hanged Man, but the triangle he represented was under the cross, signifying that he was still bound by earthly things. Here, a triangle is formed pointing upward from the dancer's hands to the top of her head. Thus the triangle of the Spirit now surmounts the cross of the material
(upright triangle over cross)
Manley Hall in The Secret Teachings of All Ages...indicates that the figure forms the inversted symbol of sulphur and according to Levi, signifies the accomplishment of the
magnus opus or great work
one more interpretation....I'm sure some of our AT experts in this area can add more to this....
terri