The Hanged Man and The Tower

Suspension and the end of it. The Hanged Man is a pause entered willingly, a period of nothing moving in exchange for a view you cannot otherwise get. The Tower is what ends that pause, and rarely on your schedule. The tradition reads them as a stalemate broken from outside.

A situation that had been held in place, and the event that made holding it impossible. Frequently read for people who had settled into waiting.

A stalled role or project resolved by something external: a reorganisation, a departure, a decision made above you.

If you have been suspended in something for a long time, this pair suggests the resolution is unlikely to be yours to make. That is worth preparing for rather than dreading.