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The picture of The Hanged Man, on the Rider-Waite Tarot, is a man hanging by his right foot from a cross which is fashioned from living wood. This can be seen in the leaves growing from it. His left foot is crossed behind his right forming another cross. His arms appear to be tied behind him. Although one would think he would be most uncomfortable in this position, he shows no discomfort at all. His face is serene and a bright golden halo surrounds his head. Clearly, this card has something important to tell us. As a matter of fact, it contains two very important spiritual lessons.
Firstly, he is obviously doing this of his own free will; otherwise he wouldn’t be so calm about it. So, what does this mean? Well, on one level, it symbolizes allowing discomfort, and the halo shows that it is for a spiritual purpose. What is this purpose? Among other things, we are in this world to learn to love one another more and more throughout our life-experience. The thing we need to learn is, sometimes our spiritual growth is intensified when we become able to set our own wants and desires aside for the good of someone else or for other people in general. The first The Hanged Man stands for is self-sacrifice for the higher good.
Secondly, The Hanged Man has turned everything upside down in his life-experience. Everything is just the opposite of what it was. Everything is reversed. This reminds us that we need to reverse our thinking about who and what we really are. We think we are our physical body; we need to reverse our thinking. We think we are a body that has a soul; we need to reverse our thinking. We are a Soul which happens to be using this body for the time being. To grow spiritually (I am going to say it one more time) we need to reverse our thinking.
When I meditate upon The Hanged Man, it reminds me that things are not always as they seem. When I change my thinking and remember who and what I really am, my spiritual growth happens almost automatically. And, when I sometimes set my wants aside to do unto others, my growth takes spiritual leaps and bounds.
Firstly, he is obviously doing this of his own free will; otherwise he wouldn’t be so calm about it. So, what does this mean? Well, on one level, it symbolizes allowing discomfort, and the halo shows that it is for a spiritual purpose. What is this purpose? Among other things, we are in this world to learn to love one another more and more throughout our life-
Secondly, The Hanged Man has turned everything upside down in his life-
When I meditate upon The Hanged Man, it reminds me that things are not always as they seem. When I change my thinking and remember who and what I really am, my spiritual growth happens almost automatically. And, when I sometimes set my wants aside to do unto others, my growth takes spiritual leaps and bounds.
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