The Hanged Man is the 12th Trump in the Major Arcana.  The traditional meaning of this card is self-sacrifice for the greater good, faith in the integrity of one's actions, a period of waiting or transition and finding knowledge within.  This card can represent the inner journey, psychism and meditations.  It might be suggesting that it might be good to wait for a better time to make a move.  Be patient and wait for the right opportunity or energies to manifest.  Wait for external circumstances to be right.  When the time is right, you'll know and be able to take full advantage of the situation.

"Positive:  It's a good idea to wait for a better time in which to make your move.  You know what you want to do.  Now, just watch for the appropriate opportunity, energy, or situation to manifest.  Then you can, and will, take action.
Upright:  You're waiting for external circumstances to be right.  When the right job, person, house, or situation comes along, you'll take action.  You know that you'll recognize the cues and be ready to move as soon as you see them." - Gail Fairfield.

"Cat's Interpretation:  Cats are very good at stillness, much more than most humans.  A cat who is gazing at nothing can appear sunk in deeply profound thought - although of course it's a matter of opinion whether this is really the case.  But it's interesting to note that in some Buddhist faiths the cat is a repository for the soul of someone who has been particularly spiritual in a past life." - BBC companion book

The ability to be still is definitely not one of my strong points.  Actually that's a bit of an overstatement.  I can be still when I am engaged in something - reading or watching a movie.  However I find it very challenging to stay still and do nothing.  Meditation is something I have yet to master.  Perhaps I'm afraid i"m missing something if I'm still.  Or maybe I am so busy distracting myself by doing "things" that I miss the opportunity for gaining insights and inner peace that being still can offer. 

Something about the skeleton hanging in the Toscano makes me think that one of the issues I have will stillness is that it bares me to the bone; pares me down to my essence.  Perhaps in avoiding stillness I am trying to avoid the truth such an experience would bring.  I often joke that I am not very introspective.  That is not entirely true.  I am often aware on some level just what lessons I might learn by being introspective and sometimes I think i prefer to avoid them.  Of course in reality I am simply  putting off the inevitable.  Whether I choose to face these lessons now or am forced to address them later, they must be learned. 

Perhaps I can take a page from the cat's interpretation and learn to be comfortable with that level of stillness.  Cats have often seemed to possess much greater knowledge and insight than humans.  Maybe if I can learn to emulate their stillness I will be able to emulate their insights.  This card also reminds me of an old poem I remember from childhood - "There was an old owl who lived in an oak.  The more he saw the less he spoke.  The less he spoke the more he heard.  Why can't we be like this wise old bird?"  I have long appreciated the wisdom in this poem but I have neve been able to actually implement it.  Quiet is right up there with stillness in the list of skills I've never mastered.  Perhaps it's my tendency to avoid the insights that might be gained in silence.  I get the sense that what I am running from and avoiding is facing the truth about myself.  I  know that I can only keep this up for so long.  Eventually it will catch up to me.  The longer I avoid it, the more potential for damage to myself occurs.  I realize that if I don't' address and embrace the truths that can be learned by stillness and silence, I risk hurting myself with the tricks I use to avoid them both.