There are many perspectives to explore
The hanged man tarot card reminds us of perspectives. We all have a perspective of the world, and this perspective is contingent upon our experiences, expectations, desires, hopes, fears, and preoccupations. It is though conversations, art, writing, music, and all other such talents and modes of expression that we share our perspective with others. In sharing our perspectives, we give others the opportunity to experience the benefit of them, whether they agree or not. It is all together possible that your perspective is radically different from others, and that they do not agree with what you believe.
In not agreeing with another person’s perspective, the opportunity is created to truly define your own perspective by analyzing and giving thought to what it is you do not agree with. Just how different is this other person’s idea from yours? Is there any common ground between them? What can you learn from analyzing this other idea? On the flip side of that, by agreeing, your own perspective is strengthened by validation. This is true of everybody who analyzes and compares their ideas to those of others. Doing this generates a synergy of power as a multitude of people feel validated by their viewpoint without having to struggle to be understood.
This though, does create the risk of complacency and homogeny as so many people sharing the same viewpoint stop looking for differentiations and when a differentiation does come, it is viewed as a threat to a way that has long been established. Now, change to this viewpoint is difficult to achieve without a tremendous amount of people sharing an opposing viewpoint who are willing to speak up and express their opposition.
In time, this opposing viewpoint will gain a foothold in the minds and psyches of the given population and become integrated into the given society just as the original viewpoint it originally opposed, which by now has been altered and changed in reaction to this opposition.
Let the hanged man tarot card remind you of this. It is through listening to what others have to say that change, revolution, and evolution, happen. Don’t let an opposing perspective scare you. Take a close look at it and see where you can change you own ideas to accept them. Look closely too at what differences exist between your ideas and those you don’t agree with. How can this gap be bridged? How can bridging this gap create something new for yourself and for the world?
Let the hanged man tarot card also remind you to never be shy about expressing yourself. Let the world know what you are thinking and how you feel. In whatever mode you do this, do it. Write, sing, paint, talk, whatever. By letting people know your thoughts, they too can compare their ideas to yours and create a bridge to their own understanding.
Enjoy these tarot card books by Jim Larsen
What’s Tarot Got To Do With It?
Double Oh Fool Guide to Tarot Mastery
Enoy the Knowings From The Silence: Simple Wisdom For an Enlightened Life Books
Knowings From The Silence: Simple Wisdom For an Enlightened Life, vol. 1
Knowings From The Silence: Simple Wisdom For an Enlightened Life, vol. 2
Knowings From The Silence: Simple Wisdom For an Enlightened Life, vol. 3
Knowings From The Silence: Simple Wisdom For an Enlightened Life, vol. 4