For some reason, I had a really hard time scanning the Hanged Man card from the Secret Tarot. The scanner kept cutting off one side or the other, even when I had it right in the middle of the scanner bed. So I fooled it by placing a magazine ad or something on top of it, then cropped it out. It still isn't a very good scan, but it will do for the moment.

Yes, I'm still studying the Hanged Man. There seems to be so much to learn about it, and so much that I can apply to my own life right now. Without going into something that's too personal to discuss here, taking some time to step back, wait, re-evaluate, "move forward by standing still" has been just what I needed to hear. I'm dedicating the month of December as my Month of the Hanged Man, a month to be patient and receptive, to break the patterns of the past, to look at things from a different perspective. I think that might be a good thing for me to do.

I did a couple of readings with the Secret Tarot tonight. One was called "Secrets, Lies and Promises," and I found it in Llewellyn's 2007 Tarot Reader. You draw four cards and they represent The Situation, A Secret (something you don't know), A Lie (something you believe, but it is not the truth), and A Promise (the Universe's Promise to You).

My cards were Judgement, Ace of Pentacles, Knave of Pentacles, and Nine of Chalices. I need to study this reading a little more, but I definitely love getting the Nine of Chalices as the Promise card. The Nine is sometimes referred to as the "Party Hearty" card -- it generally stands for a well deserved good time after a period of long hard work.