The Hanged Man

[Dave Monroe]

"All his hopeful cards are reversed, most unhappily of
all the Hanged Man, who is supposed to be upside down
to begin with, telling of his secret hopes and fears
..." (GR, Pt. IV, p.738)

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/slothrop.html

The Hanged Man

http://www.tarotpassages.com/old_moonstruck/oneill/12.htm

Sources of the Waite/Smith Tarot Symbols

http://www.tarotpassages.com/old_moonstruck/oneill/index.htm

"He was 33 years old when he was finishing off his
third massive novel, after all. He spread the cards
out in front of us and then said he wanted to see
where Raven was at that time. He slipped a card from
the deck and placed it face up on another card face
down. The card from the deck was The Hanged Man. Ervin
turned to me and said Raven must be hung-up on the
other side. As we sat, the rain pelted the windows,
but we were nice and cozy. Ervin's eyes had a
quizzical look to them when he said this about Raven.
I looked down and pondered the odd picture on the
card: a man dangling upside down with his feet tied as
he hung from some wooden scaffold."

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_biography.html


		
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