Card glossary › Thoth

General meaning

Upright

↕ Reversed: Martyrdom, sacrifice that leads nowhere, exhaustion and resentment, giving and giving without receiving

By topic

Love

sacrifices within the relationshipcheck whether they're meaningful or just habitdevotionwaitingpause

Friendship

sacrifice for a friendwaitingdevotiona pause in the relationshippatience

Family

family sacrificegiving things up for otherswaitingdevotionpause

Career

forced stopmeaningful sacrificerethinking directionwaitingsacrifice

Work

a standstill or wait that invites you to rethink your approachsacrificepausenew perspective

Studies

academic breakrethinking your approachwaiting for resultssacrificeseeing from another angle

Money

postpone or give something up now so it pays off laterlong-term investmentwaitingsacrifice

Pets

convalescencewaitingsacrifice for the animalpatiencestillness

Health

forced restsurrendering to the processnecessary pauseslow recoveryreleasing tension

Choices

don't decide yetlet go of controlaccept the momentlook at it upside downwait

Creative projects

project on holdsurrendering to what the work asksmeaningful sacrificenew perspectivewaiting

Creativity

fruitful blockgestationsurrendering to the workinverted perspectivepause

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

✨ 3 tips for combining it

1. With Disks, it's an investment slow to bear fruit. Example: The Hanged Man + Seven of Disks (Failure) is waiting for results that haven't come yet, and that's okay.
2. With Cups, check whether you give too much. Example: The Hanged Man + Two of Cups (Love) is giving a lot in a relationship; make sure it's mutual.
3. With The Aeon or Death, the pause brings a transformation. Example: The Hanged Man + Death is letting go of something so something else can be born.

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