6. What does the relationship itself ask Randy to consider?

To this question, I drew the 9 of Swords.

This question may seem a bit unusual, so I’d like to elaborate on it just a bit.

In asking this question, I wanted to consider the relationship itself – the unit of the two people – as if it were its own separate entity, which might have something to say about itself to us, whether favorable or not.

In drawing the 9 of Swords, we mirror somewhat the theme of the 3 of Swords which we saw earlier. And the theme seems to be “more of the same.” With the 9 of Swords, we’re not only emotionally bothered, we’re actually losing sleep about it.

In other words, the relationship seems to suggest that, were you to return to it, you could likely expect "more of the same," and possibly intensified.