The Hanged Man
This card represents punishment, atonement, and retribution, symbolizing the acquisition of strength through pain and self-sacrifice. It indicates that relationships require sacrifice, but warns against allowing suffering to transform into humiliation that destroys one's personality. The card emphasizes the critical boundary that must not be crossed between meaningful sacrifice and destructive self-degradation.
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Core Meaning
Punishment, atonement, retribution. Gaining strength through pain and self-sacrifice. Relationships require sacrifice. But do sufferings not transform into humiliations that destroy the personality? This boundary must not be crossed.
Astrological Correspondence
Neptune.
Visual Description
A woman is bent forward with her hands bound behind her back, her head tilted up and mouth open as if calling or gasping. She wears a dark top pulled up and stockings with garters, exposing her hips and upper thighs. An older bald man stands close behind her, one arm raised and holding what looks like a cane or rod; another figure lies face-up in the lower left foreground. The image is set within a yellow-bordered frame and the top of the card shows the large Roman numeral XII and the title THE PUNISHMENT in several languages.
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