Post by EMPATHY on Sept 29, 2009 5:01:35 GMT 1
For Michaels birthday year 2009 we have the Hanged Man. It gives a good assumption of what the influences were this year.
The hanged man links with number 12.
It tells us of a time of many changes and many tides of emotions and events as this card is linked to Neptune which is the card of water movement and water can be in any form and can represent the EMOTIONS . Rapids, waterfalls gushing, smooth calm in otherwords very unpredictable. One thing that we do know from this card is that we cant hang on to anything. When we are upside down everything falls out of our pockets so its a time of having to let go. Accepting destiny and accepting the changes that go with it yet it still holds us in a kind of suspension.
There is a kind of 'willingness' to these changes though - a kind of sacrifice for the greater good seems to be involved here where we have to go through things in order for us to meet our destiny better. To accept willingly what happens to us and sacrifice in some respects in order to meet with that destiny.
There is possibly even a kind of devotion there to martyrdom - perhaps wanting your name to live forever to see it forever blazing. It certainly has blazed this year with Michaels name.
It seems because of the hanged man just hanging there that he could really have plenty of time to stay there and think. He is not from what we see injured fatally in this picture though he is in a very uncomfortable position from the picture here. This card tries to show us that when we are upside down we get a different view around us a different prospective and angle - we see things in a different way and we are in a situation where we break from our normal habits - by being upside down we are letting that happen and we are in fact looking at life in a new way. We are breaking from old patterns and this is completely - and accepting it at the same time. It is also the sacrificing of one thing for another.
This year it seems this card has played its part in Michaels life.
The spiritual concept behind the hanged man is self-sacrifice for a spiritual cause which is also referred to as surrendering to a divine cause.
If someone has to surrender to a divine cause the mere fact they are surrendering means its not without their willingness to do so. So though we dont normally associate the word 'choice' with this card it does seem that the person in this card has just decided to go with it. The divine cause is more then interesting because the one cause we know that is important for Michael has been clearing his name and putting to rights Justice for his name.
So it does make me think about the Ace of Swords which I have posted already this evening.
Perhaps there is a lot of truth in this card for Michael this year.
The Autumn months this year seem very important. We know Michaels film is coming out in October and we wait on that before we can make any decision on what questions really lie in our hearts and thoughts.
The person in this card needed a walking stick or crutches because his leg is tied up it does give some reference to an area of health that perhaps caused some concern. A huge time lapse sits around this card hence the suspension that we mention earlier about it . Its a wait and see attitude and perhaps Michael had to 'wait and see' about something perhaps even for better health?/ OR hoping his health would get better? This year he would have had to weigh up a lot of information and decide what was the best course of action to take - some things around him would have been a bit difficult and time out to either consider or heal was on the cards I feel.
Im not unoptimistic about this card because on the one hand it shows a complete surrender to something but the 'waiting' aspect on this card makes me feel like someone is ready to jump up and say BOO very loudly.
This card represents Michaels year this year, so perhaps he did have something go BOO and it probably knocked him back a bit in more ways then one.
It would be interesting to look into the future for Michael once more. Perhaps I will try to do that very soon.