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offering the tenth: the Hanged Man  The ultimate one-line definition for the Hanged Man is 'life in suspension'. The Learning Tarot site says drawing the Hanged Man reveals that the questioner should "surrender to experience". This is the card of retreat, in the sense of relaxation and stillness. This is the card of sitting in one place, breathing slowly, listening to yourself and the world around you. This is the card control freaks fear. This card indicates that at some turn in their life, they have wrapped themselves too tightly in the trappings of the world. Now is their time to release, let go, live uncontrolled and undirected for a time. Living without urgency, without a sense of time. Definitely something most control freaks would abhor--living off the clock. Receiving this is the universe's way of telling the questioner to upend their priorities. "Pausing to reflect", says Learning Tarot, but it goes deeper than that. This is the card for paradigm shifts, for upheavals of all kinds, for complete turnarounds if it is what the situation requires, when the situation requires it. "The main lesson of the Hanged Man is that we 'control' by letting go - we 'win' by surrendering." And that's a hard lesson indeed, for many, many people. "When we most want to have our own way, that is when we should sacrifice. When we most want to act, that is when we should wait. The irony is that by making these contradictory moves, we find what we are looking for." Indeed, that is the heart of this card, and the paradoxical nature of the wisdom contained within. Hold fast by letting go; control by releasing; and learn to live in that still, small space within until you hear your true heart's calling. Post a comment in response: |
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