The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man is trump XII: a man hanging upside down by one foot from a living tree, calm, a halo around his head. He is surrender, sacrifice, and seeing the world from a new angle. The Golden Dawn gives him to Water and the letter Mem.

Uses

• Letting go of control
• A new perspective
• Patience in a stuck time

Trump

XII

Attribution

Water

Hebrew letter

Mem מ (water)

Path

23rd, Geburah to Hod

Upright

Surrender, a new perspective, pause, sacrifice

Reversed

Stalling, needless sacrifice, resistance, indecision

Key symbols

The living T-shaped tree, the crossed leg, the halo, the calm face upside down

Working with it

Lie down with your head lower than your feet (on a bed with your legs up the wall) and look at your problem upside down. Write the first new idea that comes.