The Hanged Man hangs suspended between heaven and earth, his face serene despite his inverted position. This card represents the profound wisdom that comes through surrender, the understanding that sometimes we must let go of everything we think we know in order to gain true insight. The Hanged Man teaches us that the greatest transformations often come through apparent defeat, that wisdom is found in stillness rather than action, and that the willingness to sacrifice our ego is the path to spiritual enlightenment. It is the card of the sacred pause, the moment when we must stop and see the world from a completely different perspective.