Should I keep one deck for my altar and

Three cards came out — and the answer leans toward yes, but only if the split stays honest.

Past — Four of Cups reversed. You had one deck that had stopped feeding you; the altar cup went untouched while something else was being reached for. That's what made you think about two decks in the first place.

Present — Nine of Cups upright. Right now the altar deck is doing its job. There is actual contentment there, not just habit.

Future — Five of Swords upright. The caution: a second deck tends to turn into a contest — two cards arguing over whose question is more legitimate. If that friction is what actually pushes you to close one of them, it would be closing the wrong one.

So: if you keep the split, the condition is that each deck stays in its own lane and neither gets opened to do the other's work. If you catch yourself weighing which deck is more legitimate for a question, that's the Five of Swords showing up — the argument is the sign to put both down.

Before you commit, one thing you can check: list one question each deck actually answered for you in the past month. If both lists have real entries, the split is doing work. If the learning deck's list is empty, that's the Four of Cups returning — and the answer is one deck, not two.

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