Today I pulled The Hanged Man, a card of suspension, spiritual connection and sometimes, sacrifice. Some see this as a holy card because of the connotation incurred by the symbolism of a figure being held from a wooden structure, but along with that there is a sense of rebirth and awakening—of embracing life with no previous expectations, much as a child would do. The structure is actually a tree, which you can see by its ability to branch off and produce leaves. With death comes new life, new birth, and so I would say that what The Hanged Man is trying to tell us is that instead of mourning the loss of something (an idea, a situation, a person) we once believed should be held tightly, it is better to embrace renewal and find spiritual relevance in the act of letting go. Again, like a child, the only way to move onward in life is to release all previous forms of conjecture. From there you will find new ways to 'branch' out into the world, and all it has to offer.
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