SCORPIO
October 23 to November 22
Fear not! This card doesn't represent an actual hanging! Far from it: It acually expresses the power of deep thinking, as opposed to orthodox sentiment. The brightly-clad figure is reversed (upside down) but you will note that he is perfectly balanced, stable, and unperturbed. Around his head glows the light of knowledge -- illumination. The living tree from which he hangs is a universal symbol for growth and development in life -- your life, Scorpio. The double implication of this card for the personalities born during the Scorpio cycle is that individual freedom of thought and action will never result from violence or combat but only from stability and vision, symbolized by his balance, even while upside down, and the golden halo around the head of the Hanged Man. Here is the affirmation for the Hanged Man card: