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The New Tarot Handbook
we have accepted the truth of who we are and the place where we surrender to change.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
we truly can balance the scales and accept ourselves, then the Hanged Man is a joyous attachment to deep values and spiritual revelation.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
He has attached himself to the tree of his deepest spiritual values, and it no longer matters if people approve or disapprove of him.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
He plants his foot in tradition and his head in the bright light of revelation.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
divinatory meanings: Attachment to deep values. Seeing things differently than those around you. Joy, even revelation. Alternatively, being stuck, or a sacrifice. reversed: Overly influenced by social expectations or others’ opinions and beliefs about you. Possibly untying yourself from a situation and being ready to move on.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
keywords: attachment, suspension, unconventionality
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
He is a servant of creation. Energy moves through him, and he directs it but does not try to control it or hold on to it.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
The Magician
We’d all like to be the Fool—sometimes. Act spontaneously, without doubt or fear. Not care what anyone thinks of us. Not worry about what happens next.
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
The Fool
His posture of one arm up, one arm down symbolizes the great esoteric principle “as above, so below.”
Rachel Pollack • The New Tarot Handbook
The Magician