The Hanged Man Card Meaning in the Tarot System

XII: The Hanged Man Tarot Card

General Meaning

Planet: Neptune

Zodiac signs: Scorpio, Pisces

Planets in signs: Sun in Pisces, Moon in Scorpio

Element: Water

Self-sacrifice, selflessness, self-restraint. Renouncing any benefits or comforts in pursuit of your goals. Acceptance of the situation, humility in the face of circumstances. Change, a transitional period, trials. The search for inner freedom.

The Hanged Man tarot card carries a rather negative meaning. It means that a person is stuck in a dead-end situation and no longer sees any prospects.

It feels as though everything keeps going round in circles, with no escape from this endless merry-go-round. But there is always a way out. To break free from the situation, you need to change your habitual patterns of behaviour and make different decisions. The card may also indicate that strong external pressure is being placed on you. The Hanged Man can also mean that a person is ready to sacrifice a great deal for the sake of a higher goal. They prefer to act according to their conscience, which often brings them success.

The Hanged Man Tarot Card in Different Tarot Decks

Meaning in Situations

If you are currently engaged in some activity, it needs to be put on hold. You must review your goals and your attitude very carefully. Your current stage of life is marked by a time of trials that you must endure with honour. As a result of these trials you will gain a certain school of life. You have entered a period of transition from the old to the new. You are capable of selflessly beginning to realise your dreams and desires. To achieve the results you want, you may need to let someone go from your life or sacrifice something. It is quite possible that the Hanged Man indicates that you need to end a relationship that has reached a dead end.

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A period of stillness needed for transformation (a cocoon). An unhurried period of learning, painstaking work — the results will come later. The fulfilment of fate's verdict. In its negative aspect, even death from an accident.

Work

Hard work. It promises no money: poorly paid, fiddly and unpleasant work. The person suffers at work. Working off their karma. Immersion in work (in a problem). The development of events is hidden. Losses, debts, excessive taxes, the threat of ruin. Disagreements with partners. The need to humble yourself, to give bribes. May indicate urgent conscription into the army.

Health

Very poor. Injuries, illnesses: blood pressure, stroke, a difficult pregnancy (childbirth). Together with the Tower — surgery.

Relationships

A long period of courtship — only in the very best spread. More often — an agonising relationship.

Personality Type

Two personality types: a patient calf or a raging bull. A workaholic. Selfless nurses, teachers, educators. If life has not turned out well, they perceive the world as an enemy they want to destroy. A longing for cosiness, stability, comfort. Neatness and pedantry. They can be somewhat tight-fisted, though not out of miserliness, but because they are always saving up or setting something aside.

Advice and Warning

Most often warns of hardship, sacrifice, humiliation. Advises going through it for the sake of the future and putting in the effort.

Yes or No

A negative outcome. More likely “no”. Illness, money not received, betrayed hopes.

Reversed Card Meaning

In the reversed position, the Hanged Man card means possible troubles. In this case, far from the best of times have arrived. You must rise above your shortcomings in order to get out of the situation. In other words, this is a way out to a higher level of development, one that is not accessible to everyone. How to achieve it? The card points to the need to radically re-evaluate your entire life and everything you have done. Devote time to self-analysis and to finding a new path in life. Some will have to rebuild their whole value system from scratch. You need to develop both professionally and spiritually. The card can also point to people who react passively to an unfavourable situation. Self-restraint that leaves external circumstances unchanged while everything only gets worse.

You are lying to yourself. It is possible that, in order to achieve some goal, you have sacrificed part of your life — and done so entirely in vain. It may well be that you are living the way others expect you to, giving up your own goals and desires because of it. Perhaps in certain relationships you have been assigned the role of the victim. To gain clarity, you will have to turn your familiar world upside down. If the situation concerns money matters, this is not a good time for investments.

Conflicts over defending your interests or your independence. Money “squeezed out” of someone. Self-love, egoism, unruliness. Acting at your own discretion.

Reversed Meaning: Work

Competition, collecting a debt from someone, increased activity. If you want it, you will get it. Act with attack tactics and win everything, or act gently and receive nothing. May speak of career growth. Not entirely pleasant negotiations, defending your own interests.

Reversed Meaning: Health

The person is so fired up that they do not notice illness. A card of heightened potency.

Reversed Meaning: Relationships

Conflicts, misunderstandings. Everyone acts in their own interests. If it lies next to a card of feelings, it may speak of agitation (worth checking).

Reversed Meaning: Advice and Warning

Advises engaging in conflict and acting in your own interests.

Reversed Meaning: Yes or No

If you want it, you will get it.

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