The Hanged Man & Death

12-The Hanged Man

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The Hanged Man is about sacrifice, selflessness, and doing something for the greater good. You may be doing some type of volunteer work or opening up your home to someone in need. You are devoting yourself to a cause or a way of living that is beneficial to others. You might have to help with a sick family member, or take some extra time to drive someone with a disability to do errands. If you asked about a relationship, you may have to wait on having children or become responsible for a blended family. You might have to live on a very restrictive budget for a period of time. Your partner could have ill health or personal struggles. You have to decide if this person is worth the sacrifices you will have to make. As we get older people become more complicated, so don't stress about this card, it may just mean that with life comes some baggage, hopefully it is packed neatly and taken care of.

Reversed
The Hanged Man reversed is useless martyrdom, selfishness, and ignoring the greater good. Someone who believes that they are doing good, yet they are hurting their friends, family and/or themselves. Imagine someone who is so involved in a good cause that they ignore their own family and friends. He may have chose to omit his visit to his mother dying of cancer, sitting in hospice alone because he decided to help a friend move, yet this friend had plenty of help already. The point is, it doesn't add up. Someone who is being extremely selfish, yet feels he is making extreme sacrifices. Someone who helps others and then complains about it. If you asked about a love interest, he/she will always feel he is giving more than he is receiving. Most likely you are giving more than enough, don't become a doormat for someone who can't appreciate you.


13-Death

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The Death card is rarely about an actual death. It will most likely be about some type of transformation. Something has to die in order for something new to begin. Your old self or way of thinking is dead. It is time to let go and move on. If you asked about a relationship, it could have a few different meanings depending on the context of the question. If you asked what a potential love interest thinks of you; you are "to die for", meaning he has an intense attraction. If you are in a stable relationship, or about to get married, it means "till death do us part". If your relationship is unstable or having doubts, it will end soon, if it hasn't already. 

Reversed
The death card reversed is refusing to let something die. It's time to move on, but you can't let it go. This way of living or thinking is no longer working for you, it is holding you back, yet you refuse to say goodbye. If you asked about a relationship, it's making you miserable, but you hold on. You are in denial, your relationship has been dead for a long time already.