In a word (upright)
Kindness and compassion are your greatest charm now. People naturally gather around you, since you can stay close to their feelings. Your intuition is sharp, so trust your inner voice.
When it appears reversed
Being too sensitive to others' feelings seems to have worn you out. You don't have to carry all their worries. For now, put protecting your own heart first.
A starting point through the image
In the older guidebook's illustration, The image depicts a person quietly studying a covered cup.
Use Empathy · Imagination · Acceptance as a clue when considering something on your mind. A figure in the image need not represent someone of a particular age or gender; it can also symbolize a role held by you or someone around you.
Upright meaning
Carefully receive the mood beneath words. Do not treat your impression as their answer; ask how they want you involved now. Checking whether advice or listening is wanted lets imagination follow their wishes.
This position focuses on time shared with others and roles passed between you. Before adapting to someone else, also name one thing that pleased or helped you.
Reversed meaning
The more you consider their feelings, the more your boundaries may blur. Set an ending time before listening, keeping space to return to yourself and settle after empathy.
Before listening to a concern, choose an ending time and leave private time afterward.
Love and relating to your partner
Quietly share a feeling hard to express. Before waiting for them to sense it, say you want listening rather than advice now so both can choose the connection.
Consider the matter on your mind through Time together and the space each person wants. List separately what the person has actually said and the wishes you have not yet checked; this can help you choose a starting point for the next conversation.
In work and learning
Hear a concern and give it form. Record heard facts separately from interpretation to check the help actually wanted before making a proposal.
For a current task, the perspective is to clarify What you hope for at work and how you ask for cooperation. Focus on one step you are responsible for and first agree who needs to decide what.
When this card appears in a three-card spread
In the position for support and conditions to clarify, This position distinguishes having support from being able to ask for anything. In the same conversation, include one step where you want help and room for the other person to choose.
In the position for a next step you choose yourself, Your next step may suit an exchange of sharing one wish and receiving a reply. Choose a concrete occasion to invite, ask or say thank you.
For a reversed card, use its reversed meaning and action above, then revisit the conditions to check in the same position. Rather than deciding an outcome from the card's name, consider the adjacent cards and the question selected beforehand together.
One thing to take into daily life
Before listening, share available time and also schedule time alone afterward to settle your mood.