In popular culture, tarot cards tell us the future. But what if we think of the tarot not a future-tellers, but as perspective-shifters? Not as keepers of truth, but instead as invitations to wander differently through situations, to notice new patterns and analogies, to find new reasons to move?
The tarot became an important tool in our exploration of rigged dialogue practices. Drawing a card was a way of making a cut, shaking things up, or resolving a blockage. We started creating our own deck, specific to circus and to the particular interests the project.
This card manifests a situation of unproductive time. It invites you to sit, hang, stand, float or lean back. Know the things that hold you, but also register what leaves you alone. Maybe thank those things, before letting go.