Can 'Lucifer' be the Hanged Man #12 card ? Here are a few depictions of the card for reference first:

The Hanged Man...also known as Perspective....now also known as "Lucifer"....here's why I think this is an awesome pictorial for the meaning (credit to Alannah for first posting this picture @ http://www.templeilluminatus.com/photo/lucifer-by-vkacademy?context... ) :

What is the central meaning for the Hanged Man? 

• Letting go...as in accepting God's Will (give me a chance to explain...just a little more)
• Giving up control
• Accepting what is
• Putting others first

NOW WAIT A MINUTE, ERIC !! You said this would all make sense....Lucifer isn't this way!

...TRUE.....and that's my point. He is the card's "shadow side" (or Reversed). The shadow side of every card is the not-so-well known or publicized meanings that are just as much true as the upright meanings...just from a different 'perspective' (like how i tied that all in...LOL)

Lucifer...Satan....the Devil....whoever you may call him....he IS the Hanged Man's other half to complete the whole story.

Let's look at the original card again...upside down or Shadow side:

This way what does the card suggest? The man is now grounded again, able to walk on his OWN TWO FEET, under his OWN power. What about his head? It's still a-glow with enlightenment ! But wait....I thought the man got his enlightenment while hanging upside and submitting? He did....but he also CAN on his own...

...just like Lucifer did !

Remember the first card above said "New Vision"? The figure was 'standing tall' with wings spread, leaving the corpse on the ground that was a slave to the 'old ways'.

..and what about the last card, the one I used in a blog about

'PERSPECTIVE' ( http://www.templeilluminatus.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=hanged&... ) ? The red-haired lady is "outside" the crystal ball prison, in control of her own destiny now...no longer the slave to religion.

Keeping these images in mind lets see the meanings of the Hanged Man again...as it's 'True' other "Shadow"

• Reversing...turning the world around...overturning old priorities
• Seeing things from a new angle or perspective
• Up-Ending the old order...doing an about-face
• Living in the moment...for the NOW !
• Defiance
• Self-assertion

Sound more like the Lucifer you know? Let's look again:

What we are witnessing is the moment Lucifer made his choice to rebel...and just BE HIMSELF ! On the left...heaven...his appointment there, where he was told what to do and had limited choice. On the right, FREEDOM as not a PLACE, but an IDEA....where he stretches his hand out in acceptance (notice the other is more closed with a "shackle of light" restricting it's movement).

Notice, also, the color of his wings: white on left from that of God's control, dark on right to show expansive freedom like that of space. In-between there is a struggle for control, for power, and for self-enlightenment. Both God and now Lucifer know this....the time for a new perspective has come...and Lucifer chose FREE WILL.

Whether I believe in Lucifer or not is unimportant...only the symbolism here to help see the relationship of the meanings of both Light and Shadow...neither one more important than the other....both necessary to the True meaning of the Hanged Man card.

Which side are you? Do you submit to what others tell you is right...or do you find you listen to what your heart tells you? You may have more in common with this card than you previously thought !

Cheers !

Eric "MoonLightTrucker"