1He’s hanging there on purpose. Nobody put him there.
2Upside down: the same situation from an angle you haven’t tried yet.
3He’s calm about it. The pause is the point, not a punishment.
The Deliberate Pause CardNobody put him there. He stopped on purpose so he could see it differently.
- A deliberate pause
- A new perspective
- Stopping so you can find a better way
In a reading
You’re being asked to stop for a minute. Not to quit on it, just to stop moving long enough to look at it from a different angle.
Deeper meaning
He puts himself on pause
The interesting thing about this card is what it isn’t. It isn’t sacrifice and it isn’t you giving in, which is where most tarot books put it. He puts himself on pause so he can see the thing from a different perspective and find the best way he can go and accomplish it. The pause has a purpose waiting on the other side of it.
In the good stuff
The pause did its job. You’re seeing it from the angle you needed.