wait this is so helpful, I got this card for my ex and I kept second guessing what it meant. the 'emotionally unavailable vs working on himself' framing is exactly the question I was stuck on too

thank you all so much!! sarah that question about whether he shows up when things get hard is really the key thing isn't it. gonna pay more attention to that

found this thread searching for literally the exact same thing lol

pulled king of cups reversed for a guy I was seeing a few months back and kind of panicked about it. but I sat with it and realized the card was asking me to pay attention, not run away

I actually used Sarah K's question — does he show up when things get hard — and started watching for that instead of spiraling about the reading. and honestly? he did. not perfectly, but genuinely trying

I think reversed kings are less about "this person is bad news" and more like... the energy is there, it's just not fully expressed yet. sometimes people are emotionally capable but haven't had the space to show it

still together btw :) hope you got some clarity too

meadow_dreams thank you for coming back with that update, it really helped

small update from me: things are still going well, we had a talk about how he shows up during stressful stuff and honestly he surprised me. still taking it slow but feeling a lot less anxious about the reading now lol