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The Hanged Man tarot

A traditional upright and reversed meaning for The Hanged Man, from the 22-card Major Arcana used in Mystica's Tarot picker.

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Major Arcana · card XII

The Hanged Man

A pause can be active when it changes what you can see.

Upright

Surrender, pause, reversal of perspective, and insight gained by releasing the usual angle.

Reversed

Stagnation, martyrdom, delay without learning, or a refusal to let the old view change.

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The upright thread

What this card opens

Surrender, pause, reversal of perspective, and insight gained by releasing the usual angle.

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The shadow thread

What the reversal complicates

Stagnation, martyrdom, delay without learning, or a refusal to let the old view change.

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