# Mikieal & Derek

_True Seekers Tea · Reading for Mikieal_

So this is what I am getting for you and Derek. I want to read his energy toward the connection card by card, and I am going to stay in what each pairing actually means, not just the surface of the card. There is real feeling here, and there is also a lot tied up in worth, control, and recognition, so let me walk you through it.

**Spread.** Two of Cups, Six of Pentacles, Ace of Wands, Ten of Swords (with Three of Pentacles underneath), King of Swords, King of Pentacles, Four of Wands, Six of Wands, and The Magician.

## 1. He feels the bond, and he is bracing against it: Two of Cups

**The first thing with the** Two of Cups, I feel like this person is trying to balance out these two energies, and he is starting to get a little bit defensive of himself. **So the pull is real, and he is bracing against it.**

## 2. This is about worth and who is receiving: Six of Pentacles

**The** Six of Pentacles, I feel like, is all about being in the energy of receiving, and being in the energy of knowing your worth, knowing what you deserve, and feeling incredibly secure. **So watch the give and take between you.**

**Read next to the Two of Cups.** His guarded pull in the Two of Cups **runs straight into a worth question, whether he can actually sit in the energy of receiving instead of bracing against it.**

## 3. A real spark, and a clearing-out: Ace of Wands

**With the** Ace of Wands, I feel like this person is going through a major transformation, where all of this energy that was distracting him and draining him and really keeping him from being his best self is starting to clear. **It reads like a fresh spark.**

**Read next to the Six of Pentacles.** Once that worth question eases, **the Ace of Wands reads like the drain clearing, the energy that was keeping him from his best self starting to lift.**

## 4. An ending that has been draining, and the worth underneath it: Ten of Swords

**The** Ten of Swords is all about conclusions and endings, and I feel like spirit is saying that this situation has honestly been draining for you, and you are gonna feel a lot lighter once this energy is not going toward this person. **So an old version of this is closing.**

**Read next to the Ace of Wands.** **The fresh spark of the** Ace of Wands **only clears because something is ending, the Ten of Swords is the old version of this closing out so the lighter energy can come in.**

**Clarifier — Three of Pentacles.** underneath, the Three of Pentacles, I feel like something impacting this person's behavior in this connection is his sense of self-worth, but also material worth. **So the ending up top is being driven by that worth question.**

## 5. Logical, a little cut-and-dry, and starting to soften: King of Swords

**The** King of Swords, I feel like, is cut and dry, and he is really opposite to you in that way. But I feel like he is almost realizing that he may need your energy, or he may need to integrate some of your energy here.

**Read next to the Ten of Swords.** After that ending, **his cut-and-dry logic softens, he starts to realize he may need to integrate some of your energy rather than stay opposite to you.**

## 6. He felt supported, like family: King of Pentacles

**The** King of Pentacles, I feel like this person would say that in this connection he did feel very supported, and like there is this sense of almost family between you guys, or community. I feel like this person almost feels like a student.

**Read next to the King of Swords.** **Behind the cool logic, the** King of Pentacles **says he did feel supported here, a sense of almost family or community, like a student being taught.**

## 7. Home, stability, a place that felt safe: Four of Wands

**With the** Four of Wands, I feel like this is a home-based kind of energy, the card that represents stability and community and support. **Sitting next to the King of Pentacles, this is the warm, settled part of the connection,** the part where he felt held, like family.

**Read next to the King of Pentacles (verified pair).** Kate reads these two as a pair: the Four of Wands beside the King of Pentacles is the home-based, supported stretch, **the warm and settled part where the connection felt safe and like family.**

## 8. Did he recognize your value?: Six of Wands

**The** Six of Wands here, I am getting that you probably did not feel like this person recognized your value, or you feel like he did not recognize what he had when he had you. And I am getting this guarded kind of energy.

**Read next to the Four of Wands.** **The settled home of the** Four of Wands **gives way to the doubt of the** Six of Wands, **whether he recognized your value, or what he had when he had you.**

## 9. He wants to control what he creates, and opening up is hard: The Magician

**The** Magician, I feel like this person has a hard time giving up control, and he is very focused on what he wants to create. And I feel like opening himself up emotionally is a hard point for him.

**Read next to the Six of Wands.** That guardedness lands in **the Magician, his hard time giving up control and opening up emotionally, even though the power to build this is in his hands.**

## The whole arc, in one breath

**So putting it together, Mikieal,** he feels the real bond and braces against it, he is steering off a worth question and a need for control, and he did feel supported and safe with you even if he did not always recognize your value. **The Magician says the power to build this is in his hands.**