Nine of Cups
Nine of SwordsCard combination
Nine of Cups and Nine of Swords
Having what you wanted and lying awake anyway. The tradition reads this pair as the most direct statement in the deck that circumstance and state of mind are separate things. The Nine of Cups is genuine satisfaction; the Nine of Swords is genuine distress; neither cancels the other.
Together
Having what you wanted and lying awake anyway. The tradition reads this pair as the most direct statement in the deck that circumstance and state of mind are separate things. The Nine of Cups is genuine satisfaction; the Nine of Swords is genuine distress; neither cancels the other.
In love
Associated with anxiety inside a relationship that is objectively fine. The pair is careful not to treat the anxiety as evidence about the relationship.
In career
Achievement accompanied by dread. Frequently read where the fear attaches to keeping what has been got.
The advice
The pairing is one of the few places the deck effectively says the problem is not in the cards. Persistent night distress alongside a life that looks well is worth taking to somebody qualified.