Today's card of the day is The Hanged Man. On the Tree of Life, The Hanged Man follows the path between Geburah and Hod, and it corresponds to the Hebrew letter Mem, which means water. That means despite the often-disruptive Mars energy of Geburah and the intellectual cast of Hod, it's an emotional placement, one that drives us deep into our consciousness.
The Hanged Man is a card of sacrifice. Usually it implies self-sacrifice, or some sort of suspension of movement, but it's also a highly introspective card. With The Hanged Man, you're acutely aware that you're being forced to make a sacrifice, and the lack of forward movement brings with it a tremendous amount of introspection. There's a lot of self-reflection on one's plight that comes with this card, and in the process, it can bring with it a reversal of all previous knowledge. The Tower shatters the foundation of our beliefs, while The Hanged Man keeps us so deep in the waters of consciousness that we have a lot of time to think about exactly how we got to where we are right now, and through our own humbling discoveries, we realize the error of our ways.
It looks like I'll be in for a doozy of a New Year's Eve.
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