The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man asks you to suspend ordinary reality and accept what is rather than forcing change, inviting a reversal of perspective that loosens egoic constraints on the subconscious. This inversion can come through altered states, mystical experience, or surrender to forces beyond your control, enabling internal transformation more than outward progress. The card prepares you for the deep release symbolized by Death, indicating healing from old traumas and expansion of the mind. In practical matters like love and money it advises stillness, patience, and openness to passive or spiritual stances rather than engagement in the rat race.
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Card Title
XII. THE HANGED MAN
Planetary Correspondence
Planetary Correspondence: Neptune
Meaning
Meaning:
Reflection Questions
'Do you need to suspend your daily reality to understand the truth about your life? Can you accept what is rather than forcing change?'
Inversion and Release
The Hanged Man invites us to turn our world upside down and release the chains our ego has locked around our subconscious mind. This can be accomplished through anything that inverts us, such as psychedelic drugs, an out-of-body experience, magic, or contact with the divine—whatever helps you understand and withstand events that you can't control.
Preparation and Transformation
The Hanged Man prepares us for the great release that is Death, the next card in the sequence of the tarot. Material change and forward progress are not particularly well starred when the Hanged Man is around. However, internal transformation is certainly possible. You may find yourself healing from old traumas or expanding your mind.
Practical Advice
In love and money, the Hanged Man advises you to chill out and be still. Forgo the rat race. When the Hanged Man refers to someone else, they may seem passive or spiritual in ways that you can't comprehend. Open your mind to the value of this stance. When the Hanged Man represents you, let things be as they are.
Visual Description
An upside-down figure hangs by one foot from a horizontal branch, the other leg bent to form a cross-like shape. A small bird perches on the suspended leg and a circular halo frames the calm, smiling face. Stylized branches and drooping leaves border a turquoise field, and the title XII LE PENDU appears along the card's bottom.
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