The Tarot was never meant to be used this way: the 22 Atu (cards) of the Major Arcana combine-- in theory-- to form a unified map of spiritual reality. Each of these cards is meant to play a role in that reality which is inextricable from the whole, and which is mirrored on both a macrocosmic level (i.e. in the totality of existence) and a microcosmic level (i.e. in one person).
This test is a misappropriation of a system designed to aid understanding. It trivialises it and subverts it away from its original purpose.
Even if the Tarot could be used for this purpose, the 16 court cards would be the ones which could describe human tendencies of personality (and, indeed, I've seen a few GOD AWFUL attempts at correlating the MBTI types with the court cards).
In essence: implicit in this test is a disrespect for the system and a lack of understanding of it.
But if you all want to carry on running something beautiful, elegant, and complex through the mud of petty internet trivia... well, do so.
(Note that I am discussing post-Levi and Golden Dawn Tarots. I recognise that the development of the system before that point might have been entirely divorced from the Victorian systematisation. This test is a proletarian corruption of G.D type systems, whereas the G.D system might have been an admirable creation from readily available cultural reference points.)
You really do hate this online test, don't you? o.O (that's a lot of words you typed there....)
And aren't tarot cards supposed to symbolize your future and what will happen? I'm not much into the history of tarot cards, but I heard it was used frequently by gypsies who proclaimed to see into the future. As you have said, the information that this website gives is inaccurate, but there are a lot of double meanings to these cards, and the information they give is what they perceive, not necessarily nonsensical. After all, tarot cards were made by people, and as people, we perceive them as people- in other words, nothing is perfectly correct or correctly perfect (my horrible grammar, especially when you are trying to convert what was originally used for fortune-telling into insight of personality.
And I must admit though, this test is a poor test for personality, though you really should look from a cooler side of things- this is just for fun. Please understand that.
EDIT: Is this information correct?
THE HANGED MAN
Basic Card Symbols
A man hanging by one foot from a Tau cross - sometimes from a bar or tree. His free leg is always bent to form a "4," his face is always peaceful, never suffering. Sometimes his hands are bound, sometimes they dangle. Sometimes coins fall out of his pockets or hands.
See examples of different Hanged Man cards here.
Basic Tarot Story
The Fool settles beneath a tree, intent on finding his spiritual self. There he stays for nine days, without eating, barely moving. People pass by him, animals, clouds, the wind, the rain, the stars, sun and moon. On the ninth day, with no conscious thought of why, he climbs a branch and dangles upside down like a child, giving up for a moment, all that he is, wants, knows or cares about. Coins fall from his pockets and as he gazes down on them - seeing them not as money but only as round bits of metal - everything suddenly changes perspective. It is as if he's hanging between the mundane world and the spiritual world, able to see both. It is a dazzling moment, dreamlike yet crystal clear. Connections he never understood before are made, mysteries are revealed.
But timeless as this moment of clarity seems, he realizes that it will not last. Very soon, he must right himself, and when he does, things will be different. He will have to act on what he's learned. For now, however, he just hangs, weightless as if underwater, observing, absorbing, seeing.
Basic Tarot Meaning
With Neptune (or Water) as its planet, the Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.
The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. This is a time of trial or meditation, selflessness, sacrifice, prophecy. The Querent stops resisting; instead he makes himself vulnerable, sacrifices his position or opposition, and in doing so, gains illumination. Answers that eluded him become clear, solutions to problems are found. He sees the world differently, has almost mystical insights. This card can also imply a time when everything just stands still, a time of rest and reflection before moving on. Things will continue on in a moment, but for now, they float, timeless.
Thirteen's Observations
Neptune is spirituality, dreams, psychic abilities, and the Hanged Man is afloat in these. He is also 12, the opposite of the World card, 21. With the World card you go infinitely out. With the Hanged Man, you go infinitely in.
This card signifies a time of insight so deep that, for a moment, nothing but that insight exists. All Tarot readers have such moments when we see, with absolute clarity, the whole picture, the entire message offered by a spread. The Hanged Man symbolizes such moments of suspension between physical and mystical worlds. Such moments don't last, and they usually require some kind of sacrifice. Sacrifice of a belief or perspective, a wish, dream, hope, money, time or even selfhood. In order to gain, you must give. Sometimes you need to sacrifice cherished positions, open yourself to other truths, other perspectives in order to find solutions, in order to bring about change. One thing is certain, whether the insight is great or small, spiritual or mundane, once you have been the Hanged Man you never see things quite the same.
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