This is a difficult one for me. When I flipped the card over I was a little startled. It was like the man was looking at me straight on. It looked upright since it’s the reversed of a reversed card. Was I looking at myself? That was a curious reaction to the card.
The Hanged Man is willing to suspend himself to contemplate on higher truth. Looking at things from a different angle. He’s pure and courageous. What about the reversed? Lack of inner working? Unwilling to suspend oneself? Being stubborn? It is also a major card so it has a big warning sign.
(Major arcana images grabbed from this Wikipedia page, minor arcana images from this page. I use Robin Wood Tarot which has different imagery. This is just to give you an idea of the card.)
