am I tripping or did he actually avoid m

Not "tripping," but the cards don't hand you his reason — they hand you something you can check.

Past — Two of Wands, upright: the last stretch between you two was one of him already looking past the current setup. That's a planning posture, not a farewell, and it's the one part of the story you don't have to guess at.

Present — Queen of Cups, reversed: the feeling isn't clean, and it isn't only yours-reading-him-wrong. Reversed Queen is emotion turned inward — over-reading, holding your face flat so nothing shows, wanting to be the one who cares less. So part of the "avoidance" may be a mirror of your own guard. That's a real possibility, not a diagnosis of him.

Future — Death, reversed: the strong movement is a stalled ending, not a new one. Something here is not closing on its own schedule — nothing has actually ended. And this is a tendency, not a forecast: it holds while the present stalemate keeps running.

The cards don't report his feelings or his next move, so don't build a case on either.

Your one move, in the next 48 hours: send one ordinary, low-stakes message — something you'd send anyway, no question about the distance, no test. Then watch what actually comes back, and when. Busy people answer late and generically; avoidance doesn't usually announce itself, and the difference shows up in timing and effort, not in tone.

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