HBP - spoilers - Is it on the cards?

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> 
> There's another of the major arcana that has been represented 
(after  
> a fashion) in the last two books - The Hanged Man. Unlike usual  
> hangings, this one is upside down, suspended by his feet (or more  
> usually one foot). Though this one doesn't fit quite so readily - 
it  
> usually indicates that the obvious approach to a problem is not the  
> best, that restraint and patience will provide a more successful  
> conclusion.
> 
> > 
> Kneasy

Yes, you are a genius!
I posted earlier on about the potential significance of those spells 
young Sevvy invented, one of course being to hang your enemy upside 
down....

Quick look at web sites gives me this interpretation of the Hanged man

"The sacrifice he has made is his own freedom and power in the 
physical world; in exchange, he is granted real freedom and power on 
the spiritual plane. He gives up his old ways of looking at things and 
is blessed with new eyes."
The hanged man apparently represents wisdom through sacrifice.

Can you *do* anything with Sectumsempra? Any ideas on the linguistic 
origins of this particular incantation.

Regards
Jo

I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher, who believed the time 
was ripe for a cheese cauldron.