The hanged man, reversed. Upright, the card showed a male figure hanging upside down by one foot, tied by a leather strap to a living wood gallows. The man’s hands were bound, but his expression as he faced outward was peaceful, not in apparent pain. Even upright, the hanged man was the most confusing and mysterious card in the deck. He could represent any number of things, but reversed, he signified selfishness of the worst kind, self-interest of the greatest magnitude.
