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Major Arcana - 12
The Hanged Man, Il traditore (VS)
symbolism
- hanged man, upside down, sacrifice
- martyr, redemption. judas → sacrifice
- cardinal sin, dispair
- VS → hanged man isn't showing suffering, unemotional, calm
- triumph of hope over despair VS
- later cards → material trappings, regrets of deceit in return for riches
- embodiment of human sacrifice
- RW → shift of emphasis from sacrifice/redemption to enlightenment
plant connections
- Mandragora officinarum, mandrake Mandrake_(plant)
other
note: work in progress for PARN. not general reference