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Will My Ex
Come Back?

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It's the question I hear most. Sometimes it's the first thing someone says before they even sit down. So let me give you the honest answer first: sometimes, yes. People do come back. But that's rarely the question that's really hurting.

Prognosing, not predicting

When I read tarot, I'm not reading a fixed future written in the stars. Tarot is just printed cardboard. It shows where you're heading with what's inside you right now. Change what's inside, and the outcome changes too.

So yes, the cards can show a door that's still open. They can also show you walking back into the same room you just escaped from.

Why do you want them back?

That's the real question. Not "will they", but "why do I want this so badly?"

Very often, underneath it, isn't love for that person. It's fear. Of being alone. Of starting over. Of proving that you weren't enough. Almost all of us were a little under-loved as kids — and we spend years chasing love at any cost, even from people who can't give it.

And let's be honest: we always see the red flags. We just ignore them, because something in it gives us what we need.

Same story, new episode

Here's what I see again and again. Someone gets their ex back — and three months later, it's the same fight, the same silence, the same hurt. Because nothing has changed. Not in them, not in you.

A relationship that comes back without either of you changing is just a rerun.

A relationship that comes back without either of you changing is just a rerun.

About love spells

You'll find people online selling rituals to "bring your lover back". Please, save your money. Nothing that tries to hold another person by force makes anyone happy — least of all you. Real change starts on your side of the table.

So… will they come back?

Maybe. And if they do, I want you to be the version of yourself who can choose — stay or walk away — not the one who's begging.

Sometimes they come back. More often, you come back to yourself. That's the better ending.

Tom Shayan
Tom Shayan
Clairvoyant, healer
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