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Eight cards on Alvin's energy toward this connection, read in Kate's voice, her phrasing and her psychology-influenced meanings, each card read against the one before it.
So this is what I am getting for you and Alvin. I want to read his energy toward the connection card by card, and stay in what each card actually means for him. There is healing here, and some hurt, and underneath it a real wish for something stable, so let me walk you through it.
In plain words: Alvin pulled back to deal with some hurt, but he wants something stable, and you are one of his real hopes.
Note on honesty: plain text is Kate's own phrasing, drawn from her transcripts (open each card's Kate's words receipt to check). Anything marked in rust is Claude's connective glue, not Kate's words.
The spread: Temperance, Three of Swords, The Hermit, Page of Wands, Knight of Wands, Four of Wands, Seven of Pentacles, and The Star.
With Temperance, there's a feeling that they need to be healing, and trying to process this energy, because it feels like an intense connection that was meant to be tried.
“with Temperance here it's like there's a feeling of they're needing to be healing also kind of trying to process this energy because it feels like an intense connection where this was meant to be tried”
The Three of Swords, I feel like this person is thinking about taking action with their feelings right now, and feeling a little bit unbalanced.
Read next to Temperance: The healing in Temperance runs right into the Three of Swords, the hurt they are still carrying and starting to want to act on.
“instead of the Three of Swords I feel like this person is thinking about taking action with their feelings right now I feel like this person is feeling a little bit unbalanced”
With the Hermit, I feel like this person feels disconnected from you. You may have taken space from this person, and there's an energy of them not wanting to have to go within themselves.
Read next to the Three of Swords: That hurt becomes distance, the Hermit is the disconnection, space taken, and a reluctance to go inward and feel it.
“with the hermit I feel like this person feels disconnected from you I feel like you may have taken space from this person but there's also this energy of them not wanting to have to go within themselves”
The Page of Wands, I feel like this person kind of thinks that you are maybe expressing more of a younger kind of energy. This person could be older than you.
Read next to the Hermit: Out of that withdrawal, the Page of Wands is how they see you, a younger, more spirited energy than their own.
“page of Wands this person views you so you feel like this person kind of thinks that you are maybe expressing more of like a younger kind of an energy this person could be older than you”
The Knight of Wands can be a very confident, playful, fun energy. And I feel like this person doesn't feel like they're in that charismatic energy where they can be more charming or exciting.
Read next to the Page of Wands: That young spark has a shadow, the Knight of Wands says they do not feel like their confident, charming self right now.
“the Knight of Wands can be a very confident like playful fun energy I feel like this person doesn't feel like they're in that charismatic energy where they can kind of like be more charming or exciting”
The Four of Wands, I feel like this person wants something stable right now in love, like to create a marriage or a home, because the Four of Wands is about home.
Read next to the Knight of Wands: Under the wobble of confidence, the Four of Wands is what they actually want, something stable, a home, even a marriage.
“this four of Wands energy I feel like you want something stable right now in love I feel like you want to create a marriage or just like a home because the four of Wands is about home”
The Seven of Pentacles, I feel like this person is weighing out their options, like, what am I going to invest in.
Read next to the Four of Wands: Wanting that home, the Seven of Pentacles is them weighing it, deciding whether you are what they invest in.
“the seven of Pentacles I feel like this person is weighing out their options and it's like what am I going to invest in”
The Star, I feel like you are one of their hopes in life. This person thinks about you when they need to feel better, so this person has very strong feelings for you, you're very sentimental to them.
Read next to the Seven of Pentacles: And the answer to that weighing is the Star, you are one of their hopes, the person they think of to feel better.
“with the star card i feel like you are one of their hopes in life i feel like this person thinks about you when they need to feel better i feel like this person has very strong feelings for you you're very sentimental to them”
So the whole arc, Jennifer: this is a healing connection that took a hit, the Three of Swords, and he pulled into the Hermit to handle it without looking inward. He wants something stable, the Four of Wands, and he is weighing whether to invest, the Seven of Pentacles. The Star is the answer underneath all of it, you are one of his hopes, the person he thinks of to feel better.
In plain words: He went quiet to heal, but you are one of his real hopes.
