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Major Arcana · XII
The Hanged Man
new perspective
pause
surrender
pause
surrender
Upright
A necessary pause that opens up a completely new point of view.
Reversed
Stalling, resisting surrender, or a feeling of being pointlessly stuck in place.
Yes or no?
Upright
No
It is a pause card, so nothing moves until something else moves first.
No
It is a pause card, so nothing moves until something else moves first.
Reversed
Not yet
The Hanged Man is a hard card: it is a pause card, so nothing moves until something else moves first. Reversed, it loses some of its grip – and since cards rarely land that way, that softening is the point: the worst of this is already on its way out. Still not a yes today.
Not yet
The Hanged Man is a hard card: it is a pause card, so nothing moves until something else moves first. Reversed, it loses some of its grip – and since cards rarely land that way, that softening is the point: the worst of this is already on its way out. Still not a yes today.
Card Imagery
A man hangs upside down from a living tree by one foot, his face calm, a halo of light around his head.
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