tarot
May 17, 2024

The hanged man? your tarot card

"The Hanged": What does this card mean?

Short and sweet
Orientation crisis, confusion, stagnation, helplessness, sacrifice, rethinking, new perspectives

Tip!
Just let your soul dangle, give yourself some rest; then you will come back to clear perspectives!

"The Hanged": What does the tarot card show?

The most important message first: "The Hanged Man" is not a hanged man, so no criminal, whom a hangman has strangled as punishment for his offense? no, he hangs with his foot instead of his neck on his T-shaped gallows formed of tree trunks; and that will not kill him. At most, the blood rises in his head and he sees the world upside down, as long as he remains in this position.

The sky above him and below him is gray and nebulous, but the leafy tendrils, which green his gallows tree, indicate that his initially seemingly absurd activity is quite fertile. Around his head, the Rider-Waite Tarot even shines with a radiant nimbus, a halo that indicates that the hanging man is coming to great knowledge of supernatural nature.

It is not for nothing that the motif of this Tarot card reminds one of the crucifixion of Jesus: "The Hanged One" also voluntarily had himself crucified or even hanged himself here; which would be a pretty gymnastic achievement! He sacrificed himself to help pave the way for something higher.

Incidentally, the old Germanic god Odin did the same thing. He hung on the Weltenesche Yggdrasil for nine days and nights and was then initiated into the secret language of the runes, which is still used as an oracle to this day.

A crucial point, traditionally handed down on the oldest versions of this tarot card, is the crossed leg pose of the hanged man, which yields an inverse four. This sounds a bit like a yoga exercise, which is not just for physical fitness, but also to inspire the mind. The Four stands in numerology for stability, but also for stagnation and immobility. If you just turn the card over in your mind, what do you see?

Patience and the ability to look at life from a different angle are necessary to put something special in this world, this card tells you.

As a day ticket: If the tarot picture "The Hanged" stands for you

You hang something in the air today. Take it as an exercise in the high art of being patient! Decisions that you have been waiting for are hesitating a bit further; so what? Hakuna Matata! Relax and just wait. Because as soon as you fidget? Beginning, intervening and desperately trying to change the situation, the situation will only knot even more.

As Love-Red: If the tarot card "The Hanged" stands for your partner or your relationship

The orientation crisis your lover is experiencing is upsetting all sorts of things in your life together. The heart world is upside down. He confuses you very much, you do not remember what you are doing with him. It's best if you leave your searching Odum dizzy for a while in peace; At some point he will finish his meditation phase and communicate with you again "right around".