will he ask me on a date soon?

The cards won't tell you what he's going to say — but they do describe the ground you're standing on, and it's more open than it feels.

Past: Six of Pentacles reversed — the giving has been lopsided, or the balance between you two has felt off in his favour (or yours) for a while. That reversal usually isn't about a person refusing to pay; it's about an exchange running on uneven footing, something that was never quite settled between you.

Present: Strength, upright — patience and quiet self-possession, not force. He's not being coy out of cruelty; the energy here is warm but controlled, someone holding something carefully rather than moving fast.

Future: Four of Wands, upright — the direction this tends toward, if the present keeps going, is celebration, togetherness, a threshold being crossed. It leans friendly.

Cards can't report his mind, though — they show the shape around it. So: if the lopsidedness in the Six of Pentacles gets named out loud — if you stop being the one who adjusts, waits, does more — the Strength and Four of Wands both get easier, because you're no longer waiting inside someone else's delay. If you keep absorbing that imbalance and reading it as a sign, the same cards read very differently.

One thing you can do alone in the next few days: pick the next time you're with him, and match his pace exactly — same reply length, same timing, same willingness to suggest plans. No big conversation, no asking "what are we." Just let him carry the plan for once, and watch whether he actually picks it up. That tells you more than any card here, because you'll see in his behavior whether Four of Wands is showing up — or whether it's still waiting on you to build it.

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