Saturday, 7 December 2024

Day 105 - THE HANGED MAN

 tinker bell and peter pan (peter pan) drawn by cymlim

Day 105
 
Now, after three training sessions in a week, my body really hurts. Hurts almost like back when I was just starting. 

Being in a relationship isn't always easy. We fight, we misunderstand each other, we hurt each other without even meaning to.

Onto the next card.

12 : The Hanged Man

Usually depicted as a person hanging heads-down from a cross, because at a time the most famous hanged man was Jesus, but people didn't want to put him on the cards due to way too much religious meaning.

Core of this card is "voluntary self-sacrifice", though with man hanging upside down it gained also meanings like "change of perspective" or "lack of direction". In the end the big question is - why is the Hanged Man hanging? At the core he does so voluntarily, he chooses this situation himself, and we can only speculate why. It's not death, it's hard to die hanging by an ankle instead of neck. He sees the world upside-down, hanged from a higher place. Perhaps now he sees something others cannot.

In the reverse we see Hanged Man as avoiding the decision. Avoiding sacrifice, change, progress. Which would of course indicate that he gains something from being hanged.

If The Hanged man is a question, it's "Are you willing to sacrifice something?"
If The Hanged man is a person, it's someone who frequently does things for greater good.
If The Hanged man is an object, it's something of value that can be sacrificed for brighter future.
If The Hanged man is a situation, it's a willing sacrifice.
If The Hanged man is a trait, it's determination, empathy and altruism.
If The Hanged man is an advice, it's "Sacrifice something to gain even more"

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