card of prudence, a card of the Great Work, a card of duty [...] I will say very simply on my own part that it expresses the relation, in one of its aspects, between the Divine and the Universe. Waite writes that the card carries several divinatory associations: 12. THE HANGED MAN.—Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic. There is a halo burning brightly around the hanged man's head, signifying a higher learning or an enlightenment. In astrology, the Hanged Man card is associated with the planet Neptune and the Pisces zodiac sign. In media In the manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, tarot cards are used to name the characters' abilities, called 'Stands'. J. Geil has a Stand named The Hanged Man. References Further reading A. E. Waite's 1910 Pictorial Key to the Tarot Hajo Banzhaf, Tarot and the Journey of the Hero (2000) Wood, Juliette. (1998) "The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Tradition: A Study in Modern Legend Making". Folklore 109: 15–24 Francesca Lia Block, The Hanged Man (1999) Major Arcana