At a glance
Feelings Lens
transition · distance · measured recovery
Read the emotional pattern
Moving beyond conflict may require new conditions as well as good intentions. Allow the transition to feel unfinished while it develops.
Separate feeling from inference
Use this lens to explore the emotional quality of a situation. A card cannot verify another person’s private feelings.
- Name the feeling this interpretation brings up in you first.
- Write down the other person’s observable words and actions separately from your explanation of them.
- If it is appropriate to ask, choose a direct question that gives the other person room to describe their own experience.
A question for your side of the connection
What more manageable condition can I move toward even before I feel fully resolved?
For the full upright and reversed interpretation, read the Six of Swords card guide.