Do
you remember hanging upside down as a kid; how different everything looked? It was
like being in a strange new world. The Hanged Man does just that: he sees
things in a new way. I painted the Hanged Man in the yoga tree pose,
upside down. Even though he is backlit by a glowing full moon he is traveling
deep into space towards a distant star which ignites his heart. At his third
eye is a new moon, a symbol of potential. The full moon is a kind of halo
which symbolizes transcendence. So often our thinking gets in a rut and we need
to do something to gain a new perspective. Artists often turn their canvases
upside down; the mistakes become glaringly obvious. I suggest traveling into
the unconscious; there are many ways to do this from paying attention to our
night-time dreams, journaling with our non-dominant hand to shamanic
journeying.
Meaning: The Hanged Man invites
you to look at life from a different angle. Sometimes it may even mean
surrendering to what is.
