4 of Swords
This card shows a cop-out: You are resting from something, maybe not on purpose or plan, but more because you don't have the energy to take hold of the thoughts. You don't feel good about yourself, so you are looking for stillness to relax. But maybe you are getting sick or playing sick to avoid having discussions or standing up for your opinions that are not yet clear.
You rest, but it can also show that you relax from previous worries and let go completely, no matter what the consequences are later. Rest and recovery. Relief from anxiety and worry. Shirking responsibility. Mild illness—cold or similar.
It is difficult to look ahead, possibly to an extended period of illness. You can't be part of something you have wanted- others get it but not me—rest, possibly due to long-term illness.
Love
There are no prerequisites for a happy relationship, only toughness, evasion, demands, stress, power plays, ups and downs. Everything goes in a minor key except when someone needs affirmation energy because of a lack of empathy. Give up; this leads nowhere, you can't save others when it comes to love, but only have the goal of living in harmony, in that in community, here there is none of that. You want to be alone, are not in the feeling, do not know what you feel, lethargic, dissatisfied, waiting.
Past
You have been feeling bad and haf a limitation, but it is behind you (make sure which cards apply now, if it gets better or worse.) You've been taking it easy, resting, and avoiding worries.
Present
You don't feel so well, don't work as usual, limited. I have to stop, take it easy, unwind, and meet resistance; things don't work as they should.
Future
You find it challenging to keep up, cope with what needs to be done, and watch out for illness and imbalances. Encountering a limitation from yourself or someone else, difficult to grasp your situation.