“Making the Choice to Make you a Priority”

The 9 of Swords signals you feel haunted by a mood of disappointment by allowing yourself to be placed low on someone’s priority list, resulting in feelings of isolation & loneliness. These troubling thoughts are a pattern based upon the relationship choices you’ve made and of where you’ve chosen to invest time, energy & gifts into those who don't hold your concerns in as high of regard as deserved. You can alleviate the burden of this heaviness by making alliances with those who align with your values and sense of self-love, by being sure to share your gifts with those who truly deserve it,  giving priority to those who prioritize you and not just see you as an option. Please know that this burden is not all your fault but it was inevitable. Being a Major Arcana card, The Lovers indicate this is a major life lesson for you. Your relationship choices, sandwiched between two minor arcana cards representing the day-to-day activities of a bond, signify this is the meat of the issue.   Being in the sign of Gemini, The Lovers also indicate you voicing your concerns is an effective tool in communicating your unhappiness. We are less likely to experience extremes if we can come to agreement & live somewhere in the middle since the key to establishing harmony is in the balancing of priorities. Both your needs and the needs of the other, will at times differ but still can be successfully fulfilled. It takes two equally committed people to make any relationship work. The Two of Coins asks you to remember that managing a healthy alliance involves give and take as well as adaptability to accommodate the days when one person's needs take priority over the other. And although you consider your relationship important, be careful to not neglect your own needs since they are just as significant. There will be days when you will have to decide to hold yours up in importance if they choose to drop the ball. Happiness comes from having a balanced lifestyle & not just looking to one source for fulfillment.