From the Anima Mundi Tarot, the Hanged Man; from the Nature's Pharmacy deck, Horseradish:
The male black widow (much smaller and different in appearance from the female) gives his life when he mates. In some cases, he offers himself as food to the female; in other species, he simply dies after mating. His sacrificial death enables the species to continue. The Hanged Man asks us to make a sacrifice, often a surrender to how life is rather than how we demand it to be. Such a surrender doesn't mean folding our hand. Instead, it gives us the clarity to see what we can't control and what we might influence so that we can respond more skillfully. Horseradish's root has a biting, spicy flavor when eaten, yet its eye-watering flavor only lasts a few moments. Likewise, allowing life to flow without spending all of our time fighting it can let our bitterness pass instead of us becoming stuck in it.
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