Major Arcana 12 · Mem מ · Water · Neptune
The Hanged Man
Surrender, sacrifice, a new perspective. Pause: the answer comes when you stop pushing.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Patient
- Selfless
- Spiritual
- Insightful
- Wise
Bad traits
- Stuck
- Martyr
- Indecisive
- Passive
What The Hanged Man means
- Love
- Love asks for sacrifice and for seeing things from the other side.
- Work
- Healing, art, spirituality, and work that needs a new way of seeing.
- Money
- Money may come late, or by another road than planned; patience pays.
- Health
- The feet, the lymph and the immune system; rest is not wasted time.
- Spirit
- Surrender: by letting go you see the world upside down, and truly.
- Advice
- Pause: the answer comes when you stop pushing.
Reversed
Martyrdom, stalling, or sacrifices that help no one.
Shadow work: You may give too much and then resent it. Give freely or not at all.
Yes or no
Maybe
As a yes or no card, the Hanged Man answers maybe.
Ask yourself
What would I see if I stopped pushing and looked from the other side?
Affirmation: “I pause, let go and see clearly.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 12
- Hebrew letter
- Mem מ
- Astrology
- Water · Neptune
- Constellation
- Creation through surrender. The Empress, the Hanged Man and the World: you grow things, let go when it is time, and see them completed.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Service, New perspective, Patience, Spirituality, Creativity; in the minus: Victimhood, Stagnation, Martyrdom, Addiction
The Hanged Man as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with The Hanged Man as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The Hanged Man mean?
Surrender, sacrifice, a new perspective. Pause: the answer comes when you stop pushing.
What does The Hanged Man mean reversed?
Martyrdom, stalling, or sacrifices that help no one.
Is The Hanged Man a yes or no card?
Maybe.
What does The Hanged Man mean in love?
Love asks for sacrifice and for seeing things from the other side.
What does The Hanged Man mean for money and work?
Money may come late, or by another road than planned; patience pays. Healing, art, spirituality, and work that needs a new way of seeing.