Oh, this card in that position is worth sitting with carefully.

The High Priestess reversed in a 'what they feel' position can mean a few things: they may be holding something back (not necessarily bad - just private), they might be confused about their own feelings and not ready to share them, or they could be ignoring their own intuition about the connection.

The cards whisper, they don't accuse. Before you decide what this means about THEM, ask yourself - what has your gut been saying? You mentioned unease. The High Priestess reversed often appears when we already know something but haven't let ourselves know it yet.

Trust your inner knowing here. The card may be reflecting you as much as them.

I got high priestess reversed in almost the exact same position once and it turned out the person was just emotionally unavailable - not hiding something dramatic, just not able to be fully open yet

we ended up having a conversation about where we both were and it actually helped a lot. sometimes the card is just saying "there's more beneath the surface that hasn't come out yet"