are they expecting me to reach out?

Yes — but the card suggests the honest answer is closer to "they left the door open and have not walked through it themselves," and that's not the same as "they're waiting."

The card: Seven of Swords, reversed (single draw, current guidance). Reversed, the Seven of Swords stops being about sneaking away and turns into what happens when the strategy is dropped — the thing that was being kept at arm's length gets said plainly, or at least half-said.

What that reads here: the usual reason for that posture is pride or face — not rejection. Someone who has been holding something back usually has a reason they can articulate to themselves, and that reason is rarely "I don't want to hear from you." What the reversed card does *not* do is tell me what they are or aren't feeling. I can't report another person's mind from a card; I can only point at what you'd be able to see.

The conditional, on something you can check: go read the thread. If their last message left a question you never answered, or ended on something open rather than closed — then this is a door with a draft under it, and a short message costs you almost nothing. If their last message closed cleanly, with nothing pending and no question left hanging, then whatever's waiting isn't urgency; you'd be the one reopening it, and it should be a real message, not a "just checking in."

One thing to do, alone, today: scroll up and find the last sentence they wrote to you — actually read it, and note whether it contains a question for you. That single fact is better evidence than any spread about their state of mind, and it's the thing the cards can't hand you.

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