04-11-2015, 07:52 PM
The hanged man is a Significator, which means that it represents the totality of one of the three complexes: body, mind or spirit. As such, it is a complete picture of "the very nature" of the body, as Ra says (79.37). In plain terms, the image you see tells you what the body's function is. As Ra says, "The entire mood, shall we say, of the Great Way is indeed dependent upon its notable difference from the Significator," (103.11), which suggests that whereas the Significator shows the function of the complex in question, the Great Way shows the complex perfected, the end result. That distinction is important to keep in mind when interpreting either classification.
In some decks the hanged man drops coins, while in others he drops seeds. If they are coins, then he is spending resources. To me, the expenditure of resources mirrors Ra's statement that "There is no experience which is not purchased by effort of some kind, no act of service to self or others which does not bear a price, to the entity manifesting, commensurate with its purity," (94.26). The function of the body is to maintain an economy. Expenditure of resources is necessary for purchasing an experience. It is the body complex's job to be the direct interface with the physical reality, a marketplace where various experiences may be purchased by offering various resources.
I lean toward seeds because the concept of sacrifice and purchase is implied by the hanged man's position. The card is sometimes called "the Martyr." Embedded in the seed symbol is the full-grown tree that emerges from the seed, which indicates that our actions only appear to cause our experiences. In each action you take, there is a mental seed: each time you do something you are sowing your mind's intentions into the world. Plenum indicated something very similar with his analysis of the bound hands---an analysis I agree with, though I'll have to reflect a little more about the kundalini thing.
Jeremy, there are quotations which answer some of your curiosities.
About the 90 degree angle:
94.18
Questioner: In Card Three the feet of the female entity are upon the unstable platform, signifying dual polarity by its color. In Card Four one foot, pointed, indicates that if the male entity stands on the toe it would be carefully balanced. The other foot is pointed to the left. Would Ra comment on my observation that if the entity stands on this foot it will be very, very carefully balanced?
Ra: I am Ra. This is an important perception, for it is a key to not only this concept complex but to others as well. You may see the T-square which, at times riven as is one foot from secure fundament by the nature of experience yet still by this same nature of experience, is carefully, precisely, and architecturally placed in the foundation of this concept complex and, indeed, in the archetypical mind complex. Experience has the nature of more effectively and poignantly expressing the architecture of experience, both the fragility of structure and the surety of structure.
103.11
The use of the tau and the architect’s square is indeed intended to suggest the proximity of the space/time of the Great Way’s environment to time/space. We find this observation most perceptive.
About the stars:
96.15
[I]t is good to view the images without the astrological additions
In some decks the hanged man drops coins, while in others he drops seeds. If they are coins, then he is spending resources. To me, the expenditure of resources mirrors Ra's statement that "There is no experience which is not purchased by effort of some kind, no act of service to self or others which does not bear a price, to the entity manifesting, commensurate with its purity," (94.26). The function of the body is to maintain an economy. Expenditure of resources is necessary for purchasing an experience. It is the body complex's job to be the direct interface with the physical reality, a marketplace where various experiences may be purchased by offering various resources.
I lean toward seeds because the concept of sacrifice and purchase is implied by the hanged man's position. The card is sometimes called "the Martyr." Embedded in the seed symbol is the full-grown tree that emerges from the seed, which indicates that our actions only appear to cause our experiences. In each action you take, there is a mental seed: each time you do something you are sowing your mind's intentions into the world. Plenum indicated something very similar with his analysis of the bound hands---an analysis I agree with, though I'll have to reflect a little more about the kundalini thing.
Jeremy, there are quotations which answer some of your curiosities.
About the 90 degree angle:
94.18
Questioner: In Card Three the feet of the female entity are upon the unstable platform, signifying dual polarity by its color. In Card Four one foot, pointed, indicates that if the male entity stands on the toe it would be carefully balanced. The other foot is pointed to the left. Would Ra comment on my observation that if the entity stands on this foot it will be very, very carefully balanced?
Ra: I am Ra. This is an important perception, for it is a key to not only this concept complex but to others as well. You may see the T-square which, at times riven as is one foot from secure fundament by the nature of experience yet still by this same nature of experience, is carefully, precisely, and architecturally placed in the foundation of this concept complex and, indeed, in the archetypical mind complex. Experience has the nature of more effectively and poignantly expressing the architecture of experience, both the fragility of structure and the surety of structure.
103.11
The use of the tau and the architect’s square is indeed intended to suggest the proximity of the space/time of the Great Way’s environment to time/space. We find this observation most perceptive.
About the stars:
96.15
[I]t is good to view the images without the astrological additions
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