What does this guy want from me?

What he wants looks less like a decision and more like a stall that keeps him at your table — the cards don't show a clear "yes, he wants X," they show an opening that went cold and a struggle he's not winning cleanly. Cards can't report his mind; here's what the spread shows as dynamic, and what you can watch for.

• Past — Ace of Wands reversed: the start was a spark that already stalled — an offer, an opening, or an idea of his that didn't get off the ground, or got going and died. Whatever brought him to you, it's not fresh energy anymore.
• Present — Five of Wands reversed: the current position is friction, not a contest — a standoff, competing priorities, arguments half-had, or something he can't push through cleanly. Reversed, this often means *he* is the one being blocked, which is why he's circling instead of landing.
• Future — Wheel of Fortune reversed (major): under those conditions, the near term tends toward *no clear turn* — a loop, a turn that doesn't happen, a change of circumstances that never arrives. Not a punishment, just: don't bank on momentum shifting in a direction he's waiting for.

So the honest read: this is a person whose opening move has already failed and whose current pressure he hasn't resolved — not someone presenting you with a clear ask. What he "wants" from you, on this spread, is that the situation stop requiring him to choose.

One thing you can do on your own in the next 48 hours: before you reply to anything he says, write down his last concrete request in one sentence and put it next to his last concrete action on his own side. If the sentence has a verb he can do alone and nothing on his side matches, that gap is the answer — and you answer it with your own next move, not with a question to him.

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