Love reading

The Love reading is about the state of your feelings, not about one specific person and their plans. It answers "what is actually going on in my love life" and is good in two situations: when there is no relationship and it isn't clear why, and when there is one but everything feels stuck.

If the question is "what does he feel for me", that is the Feelings reading. If it is "where are we as a couple", that is the Relationship reading. The Love reading is wider than either: it looks at you and at your romantic situation as a whole.

What is there now is an honest photograph. This card often lands uncomfortably — not because things are bad but because it names what you already know and haven't put into words.

What blocks it is the key position. Its trap is that the card here almost always points at you rather than at circumstances. Swords: thoughts and words are in the way. Cups: attachment to the past. Pentacles: money and daily logistics. Wands: impatience.

What lies ahead is a direction, not a date. If this card is bright while "what blocks it" is heavy, read it this way: there is a road, and it runs straight through the obstacle rather than around it.

Ask about yourself, not about someone else: "what is happening in my love life", "why can't I move on". Questions like "when will I meet someone" are answered poorly here — the cards name a condition, not a date.

What is there — Four of Cups. What blocks it — Six of Cups. What lies ahead — Two of Wands. One sentence: you are bored and nothing pleases you because you measure everything new against what used to be, and the way out is a choice of direction you will have to make yourself, in advance.