The 3 Angels Of The Tarot

THE ANGEL "RAPHAEL" IN THE LOVERS CARD

RAPHAEL MEANS "HEALING POWER OF GOD"

LOVE HEALS!

THE ANGEL "MICHAEL" IN TEMPERANCE

MICHAEL MEANS "WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD"

WE DISCOVER OUR OWN DIVINE NATURE

THE ANGEL "GABRIEL" IN JUDGMENT 

GABRIEL MEANS "GOD IS MY STRENGTH"

BLOWS HIS TRUMPET AND FORETELLS THE 

BEGINNING OF A MAJOR INNER CHANGE (AWAKENING)

The appearance of any of these cards in your spread indicates a divine influence in your life. You're being watched over and protected. Blessings are being manifest. Also can strongly imply a healing gift or other special gift. Provides comfort in turbulent times. Receiving prophetic heavenly communication or messages. In the Celtic Cross spread, especially powerful in the "crowning position" (top of cross portion of spread) 

THE HANGED MAN

HOLD ON A MINUTE! BREAK TIME!

TREE OF LIFE DIAGRAM

SEE ANY SIMILARITIES? 

DA DA DA DA REST! DA DA DA DA

If you're no stranger to the Tarot cards, you probably already know that THE HANGED MAN is not a card to be feared, in fact it is a very positive card, a card of spirituality. I liken it to a rest in music. A man is walking along his journey, he stops and hangs himself upside down on a tree to gain further illumination on the spiritual plane. When he is finished he will continue along his journey. By being a living entitiy and hanging himself upside down, he literally represents life being suspended while the illumination takes place. 

ILLUMINATION- (Merrium-Webster dictionary) 

The action of illuminating or state of being illuminated as in-

A. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment 

B. Lighting up or lighting effects

C. Decoration by the art of illuminating 

The Golden Dawn correspondence for the card is water and it's name is The Spirit Of The Mighty Waters. In this context, the card represents a kind of baptism in water. It is a kind of trance-state, or suspended animation. It is a state of meditation which is deeply self-examining. It is a process of self-crucifixion and an essentially intellectual experience that is crucial to anyone desiring to aspire to the higher realms of spirituality. 

When it shows up in a spread, besides all the aforementioned, it can also indicate punishment, loss, and general suffering but all to the betterment of the individual.