What does he think about me?

He isn't thinking about you the way you are reading it — this spread puts him at his most guarded, not his most invested.

Past — Ace of Wands reversed. The spark that started this had real heat once, and it went somewhere it isn't now: not a bad ending, an unbuilt one. Something he once put a first move toward got stalled or dropped.

Present — The Empress reversed. This is the seat that stands for him. Reversed, it's the closed side of a warm card: he isn't in the open, nourishing, attentive posture here. What you may be reading as interest is closer to comfort — he keeps you in a place where he doesn't have to perform or commit much. Cards can't report what's in his head, so treat this as the shape he presents, not his private verdict.

Future — Knight of Swords upright. If the present continues, what comes is talk, not approach: faster, more direct, possibly a conversation that's blunt or says less than it seems. He moves on ideas, not on closeness.

So: this isn't him about to say something, and it's not a closing door either. It's someone who is around, comfortable, and not spending.

Before this week ends, do one thing: after each contact, note three lines — was it in a work setting or not, did he volunteer anything about himself unprompted, and how long did he stay after the reason for talking was over. Three contacts is enough to see the pattern of what's actually there, which is the one thing no card can hand you.

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