This is used to symbolize patience, prudence, and circumspection. Tools of adroit behavior include flattery, indirection, listening, circumspection, reciprocal altruism, politeness and strategic reasoning. THE HANGED MAN.--Wisdom circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed&colon; wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament. However, "belief" does not require active introspection and circumspection. The court expressed a need for circumspection, however, in relying on foreign precedent. Modern art historians treat van Mander's biographies of artists with circumspection. Cumont's international credentials were brilliant, but his public circumspection was not enough. He borrowed and spent money without circumspection and was a significant patron of the arts. India has also expressed circumspection in participating in a similar initiative, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor.