 The
Hanged Man
XII -- Here
we see a man hanging upside down on a cross of sorts.
With his legs he creates an upside down number four,
hands behind his back and a halo around his head.
He is not even perturbed by being left hanging by
is one foot. He almost seems serene. The Hanged Man
follows Justice, as though the Hanged Man represented
the waiting that follows the decisions. He represents
that energy of faith and patience, waiting calmly
trusting in the universe to deliver us to our proper
destiny.
The
shape of his legs appears to be the Astrological sign
of Jupiter for expansion and with Jupiter it is generally
expansion through knowledge. In Jupiter we learn to
trust what we believe, or visa versa through what
we believe we understand. That is the energy of The
Hanged Man. He represents patience and faith, perseverance
relating to what the person being read has been going
through but the release of the expansion that can
occur through the knowledge that has been acquired.
Right
side up in a reading relates to what I tell the client,
“The pussy cat gets ready to roar like a lion.”
It represents things getting ready to move or take
off in the life of the one being read. When things
do begin to happen they can really take off. So it
represents a release of energy that is or will be
taking place in the life of the client.
In
the reverse position, it is telling the client or
the person being read that they need to do what is
necessary, that there is a need to take action in
some area. Sometimes in an almost scolding way the
reverse is telling the one being read they need to
take the bull by the horns or get off their butt and
get moving! In the case of the scolding the total
overall tone of what is being said will ultimately
decipher whether or not they are scolding, but many
times they are!!!! This is the card that is used The
Hanged Man!
In
mediation this card can work many ways. It can help
us to find that strength within ourselves to hang
in there and persevere. It also can help us gather
the strength we need to do those things that are hard
for us but necessary to our growth and development.
It can help us to hang in there, or it can help us
to do what it is we need to do to get where it is
we want to be. Either way the card requires that we
realize our commitment to who we are or what we do.
This can be a real grounding energy for meditation.
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