The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man signifies a period of suspension and enforced stillness where you may feel restrained by anxiety, responsibility, or hopelessness. It urges trust in the universe and the re-examination of the beliefs and perspectives that shape your experience, asking whether constraints are bondage or security and whether desolation is abandonment or rebirth. This card calls for meditation during this pause to discern what is needed to move forward and to shift perspective. By embracing the tranquility rather than resisting it, the apparent ridiculousness of your position can be transformed into insight and opportunity.
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Meaning
You may feel that life is holding you in suspension, leaving you restrained and forced to be still. You may ask, "How did I ever get myself in this ridiculous position?" You may be drowning in anxiety, chained by responsibility, and wandering, abandoned, in a desert of hopelessness. Yet it is in this position that you must trust in the universe and contemplate what you have chosen to believe. Is it a sea of worry or possibility? Are they chains of bondage or security? Is it a desert of abandonment or rebirth?
Advice
Use this period of stillness to meditate on what you need to move forward. The ridiculousness of this position is a matter of perspective. Look beyond the typical models and patterns of the material world. It is only by refusing to take advantage of this moment of tranquility that one's position becomes truly worthy of ridicule.
Visual Description
A tall vertical panel in the center shows a blue underwater scene with a human figure suspended upright, arms relaxed and tethered by ropes to a weight below. Above the panel a night sky with a full moon and stars is visible. Flanking the panel are two tall, reddish rock formations rising from a textured desert ground. The top of the card displays the Roman numeral XII and the bottom reads THE HANGED MAN.
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