It would be really funny if AST had it's design pushed back to make space for a new job 2 times in a row.

But no, they're reworking AST since it's a tradition at this point, it's just simply getting a different flavor of bad. If it removes all the time-related elements, then that's just a side effect. One concern was that current AST is too busy, so I expect them to remove few healing buttons (Horoscope, Neutral Sect, Synastry, maybe Celestial Intersection), and then rework cards in such a terrible way that nobody could even imagine. Something like removing buffs from cards and making them heal instead. Astrodyne will give 5%/10%/15% healing potency and Minor Arcana will be somehow split into 3 buttons. Please look forward to it.

And they didn't delay rework from 6.3 to 7.0 because it was too big, it's another bullshit excuses they like, they just didn't expect 6.1 backlash to be this hard, so they gave us more time to cool off before they disappoint us once again.

Sorry for doomer take, but there is only pessimism left when it comes to job design.