The Hanged Man
Keywords for The Hanged Man: pause · new perspective · surrender.
Upright meaning
Upright, The Hanged Man points to pause, new perspective and surrender.
The Hanged Man is one of the 22 Major Arcana, so when The Hanged Man appears it usually marks a bigger chapter rather than a passing mood.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, The Hanged Man can signal stalling, needless sacrifice or resistance; it rarely means the opposite, more that the energy of The Hanged Man is blocked or overdone.
Love
In a love reading, The Hanged Man suggests pause between you, and reversed The Hanged Man asks you to look honestly at stalling.
Career & Money
For work and money, The Hanged Man favours surrender; if The Hanged Man shows up reversed, check where resistance is costing you.