Minor Arcana · Five of Cups
The Empty Chair
Absence · grief · room
The duke ordered the chair removed. Nobody did. For once, bureaucracy was merciful.
Upright
An absence can be acknowledged without being filled immediately. Make room for what you miss and for the living company still available to you.
Reversed
You may be arranging every room around someone who is not there. Keep the memory, but give yourself somewhere to sit.
A question for you
What am I preserving, and what am I postponing?
Take it into the day
Invite a present-day connection into an ordinary moment.