I know has been a bit of a wait before I continued the tarot project with the Hanged Man, but it is emotionally draining to write about the next set of cards as we got to the part of "unhappy" tarot cards, which I personally hate. Every time I write about a tarot card, I actually emotionally connect with that card as each card transmits me a feeling and/ or a message. The Hanged Man is not a "happy" card and I found myself in this sort of "limbo" situation where I was not able to act on my "free will" during certain periods of time. Please find below the general overview of the card as told by Rachel Pollack, Mary K Greer, Anthony Louis and John Mangiapane and interpreted by me.
In the image above as usually we have the Hanged Man card in four decks as follows: #1 Tarot of Jane Austen, #2 Tarot of the Celtic Faeries, #3 Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot and #4 Dark Grimoire Tarot.
Happy Easter- for those celebrating it this weekend!
and Happy Beltane for the Wiccan readers!
Reasons:
The Hanged Man is ruled by the planet
Neptune, the planet of disillusionment and the element is Water. It is
considered the most complex image in the Tarot. The obvious meanings are:
feeling victimized/ punished/ sacrificed, unable to escape FATE, feeling sorry
for yourself or humiliated. As a person, the Hanged Man can be a shaman, a
healer, an artist or a poet also a dreamer, even a hospital patient or a person
in a low-paying job with no career. From a positive perspective the Hanged Man
signifies sacrifice/ self –sacrifice and devotion as well as renunciation. When
indicating a situation this card depicts a crossroad or a slow transition/
change.
Challenges/ Conflicts:
In a challenges position the Hanged Man
signifies someone stuck in old habits such as addictions or abuse, living in
fantasy and/ or illusion. It can also mean you may have an unrealistic/
idealistic view of others or of a relationship, or that your truth is very different
from others. In a negative placement (if surrounded by negative cards) it can
mean you are absorbed in materialism or there may be problems executing your
projects or ideas.
Solution:
As a solution this card encourages you
to stop and think, reconsider your attachments. Now you have time to
contemplate before making your choices. The Hanged Man announces a good time to
dedicate yourself fully to a cause or a project, to use your time for prayer or
meditation. With the Hanged Man you can experience psychic visions/ and or
dreams/ prophecies/ clairvoyance. From a positive perspective the solution
indicated by this card is to let go something/ to make a sacrifice for a
greater good/ to achieve enlightenment.
Happy Easter- for those celebrating it this weekend!
and Happy Beltane for the Wiccan readers!
and I will do a reading for you.
