Why does my friend seem upset with me?

The cards read as communication friction, not bad feeling — and the thing to check is a specific unfinished exchange, not their mood.

Past — Seven of Swords, upright. Something got handled sideways. One conversation between you went in and came out with the actual point still on the table: you each left it, each assuming the other had taken the message.

Present — Page of Swords, reversed. Right now the traffic between you is unclear rather than hostile — replies that got shorter, a thread that stopped mid-thought, a joke that landed as a jab. Two of the three cards are Swords, so words are the channel this whole thing is running through.

Future — Five of Pentacles, reversed. If the muddle continues, this trends toward something shared and practical — a plan, a favour, a date, money lent — being the actual ground under the upset, and it eases only once that item is stated plainly instead of hinted at.

The cards don't tell me what your friend is feeling or intends; that stays yours to observe. But if the last few exchanges really did end without either of you finishing the sentence, then the friction reading fits. If instead your last conversation was clear and warm and they've been flat since, the shared-practical detail in the future seat is the place I'd look first.

Here is the check I would do: find the one thing you were both counting on — the plan you assumed was still on — and say your version of it in a single sentence, then ask whether they meant something different. Not a test, not an apology speech; just the sentence that was never actually completed.

Would you like this spread drawn as a picture, or the reading kept in your tarot journal?