Hi little coven…
Just a note to say…
The July edition of my free Daily Tarot Journal is officially live!
This month's password is: TheHangedOne
Scroll down to see instructions to access the journal plus the card of the month and an exclusive spread…
How to access the journal
You can access the journal at dailytarotjournal.com using password TheHangedOne
The password will change each month, so stay subscribed to this newsletter to ensure you get renewed access each month!
How to use the journal
Go to dailytarotjournal.com every day and enter the password to see a new card pull and journal prompts each day
Reflect on the card and fill out each prompt
Opt to email your responses to yourself so that you can save your answers to a personal document or Notion board
A link-out to a short write-up on each card will be available each day, in case you need some help adding context to the card
Come back tomorrow!
Important info
Your responses will not be saved to dailytarotjournal.com - they will only be accessible to you if you opt to email them to yourself
None of your data will be kept on file, and no one but you will have access to your daily journal responses
The password will change monthly, and you'll get an email updating you on how to access the journal at the start of each new month, alongside an exclusive monthly tarot spread.
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Card of the Month
The Hanged One (more traditionally known as the Hanged Man) is the 13th card in the Major Arcana . In the Rider Waite Smith tarot, it’s illustrated like this: A figure which bears at least a passing resemblance to The Fool (last month’s card, as it happens!), the first card in the tarot, is suspended upside down. They are tied by one ankle to the bough of a tree, and their free leg is bent, and so are the figure’s arms. Surrounding their head is a radiant halo of light.
The card can be misleadingly ominous, thanks to its name. But if you actually look closely, it’s really not that scary at all - the colors are bright, the figure hasn’t been hanged as in executed — rather, they are fairly unthreateningly suspended from a tree; their posture is totally relaxed but very clearly alive, and that golden halo is undeniably a positive symbol.
This isn’t a “death card”, it’s an enlightenment card. It’s a card of pause, consideration, and imagination. The suspended figure isn’t hanging to their death, but hanging in a way that allows them to see their world turned upside down, and find wonder and expansion in it.
In the Major Arcana sequence, the Hanged One follows The Wheel of Fortune (number ten) and Justice (number 11), suggesting that major changes and decisions have led the figure to see the world in a different way - now, suspended in the air, they are taking the time to really make sense of what they’ve experienced.
This July, take the time to pause and reflect on the big moments that have taken lace for you over the last few months, and how those experiences have changed - or are changing - the way you see your world, and yourself.
A Hanged One-inspired Tarot Spread for July
To use this spread, shuffle your deck until it feels right to stop. Then, draw one card from the top of the deck and one card from the bottom. Lay the cards out face up, in correspondence to the following prompts:
A challenge I’m facing
How I can see it differently
All my love for July… and keep your eyes on your inbox next week for news about an upcoming free workshop to explore your Season of Shadow through the tarot, and more!
x Chelsey
Loved the spread! I pulled the 6 of Cups for the first prompt and Knight of Wands for the second. It was an interesting one, and very healing. 💛