What Tarot Card are You?

[Dave Monroe]

On 7/11/07, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> You are the Hanged Man
>
> Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.
>
> With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for
> something to happen. Or a fear of loss from a situation, rather than
> gain.
>
> The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It
> reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order
> to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear,
> given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw
> on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their
> meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge
> is to be found in these runes.
>
> The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not
> life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You
> make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see
> the world differently, with almost mystical insights.
>
> What Tarot Card are You?
>
> http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/

"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

http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/horos6.htm