The New Tarot Handbook

we have accepted the truth of who we are and the place where we surrender to change.

we truly can balance the scales and accept ourselves, then the Hanged Man is a joyous attachment to deep values and spiritual revelation.

He has attached himself to the tree of his deepest spiritual values, and it no longer matters if people approve or disapprove of him.

He plants his foot in tradition and his head in the bright light of revelation.

divinatory meanings: Attachment to deep values. Seeing things differently than those around you. Joy, even revelation. Alternatively, being stuck, or a sacrifice. reversed: Overly influenced by social expectations or others’ opinions and beliefs about you. Possibly untying yourself from a situation and being ready to move on.

keywords: attachment, suspension, unconventionality

He is a servant of creation. Energy moves through him, and he directs it but does not try to control it or hold on to it.

We’d all like to be the Fool—sometimes. Act spontaneously, without doubt or fear. Not care what anyone thinks of us. Not worry about what happens next.

His posture of one arm up, one arm down symbolizes the great esoteric principle “as above, so below.”