Is he worth pursuing further?

Worth pursuing — but only if the imbalance in the present seat actually changes; the cards won't grade him for you.

Past is Ten of Swords reversed: something between you already ended once, and it's being carried upright rather than laid down — pain held in the open instead of closed out. Present is Six of Pentacles reversed: the exchange is off-balance, and one of you is doing more counting than the other. Cards can't report what he feels or intends; that seat describes the ledger you can both see — who initiates, who plans, who shows up when it costs something.

Future, Eight of Wands upright: if that ledger stays as it is, the next stretch is fast and thin — a quick burst of contact or movement, then nothing underneath it. Momentum without weight. If the balance shifts so you're not the only one keeping score, that same future position reads differently: quick, yes, but quick toward something. That's the condition, not a promise.

So: if you want to keep going, the cards point at one lever and it's yours, not his — change the ratio, don't ask about it. Name the feeling you'd still pursue even if nothing else changed; if there is one, that's the thing to say. If there isn't, the Eight of Wands is what you're looking at.

Your move, this week: keep a one-line record for seven days of who starts each conversation and who makes the plan — no other notes, no tally of his worth, just the two columns. Read it as a record on day seven. That's information you can't get by thinking harder.

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