THE ABSENT

Waiting – Return

Lack – Abandonment

An empty chair, simple, silent. Yet its emptiness is charged, almost magnetic. It is not only what is missing: it is what should have been there. The Absent One evokes the invisible presence of someone or something that once occupied a place in your life, in your heart, in your spiritual history. Lack becomes a knot, waiting turns into weight, the desire for return mixes with the fear of what that return might bring. The Absent One speaks of open wounds, of inner spaces left orphaned, of presences that survive in memory or in spirit. It is the card of suspended waits, of ancestors who do not answer, of lost amulets, of what might return… or might never come back.

So, dear person, if your subconscious has chosen this card, perhaps it wants to tell you that:

If the card speaks about you – Light

You are living a time of waiting that can become transformative. Something is missing, yes, but precisely this emptiness allows you to hear what you would not otherwise perceive. Within you, a space opens that can welcome new meaning, new maturity, new subtle presences. Lack becomes fertile: it teaches you patience, listening, and depth. Absence is not only a wound; it is also possibility.

Questions for you
– What are you truly waiting for, even if you do not admit it?
– How is this lack changing your inner world?
– What new presence could emerge precisely because another has disappeared?

If the card speaks about you – Shadow

Here, The Absent One becomes more painful: it speaks of abandonment, of a void you cannot fill, of an absence that weighs like a solid mass. Perhaps you are clinging to an improbable return, or you carry within you an old wound of non-presence. What is missing blocks you, slows you down, prevents you from growing. The shadow of this card shows when you continue to feed hope toward what can no longer return, or when you remain immobile waiting for someone who no longer has the right to be waited for.

Questions for you
– Which absence is consuming you more than necessary?
– Are you waiting for the return of someone who cannot or does not want to come back?
– What could you release if you stopped waiting?

If the card speaks about the world – Light

The world around you is in a state of suspension, as if holding its breath. Something is missing, but not in a negative sense: it is a space preparing to welcome a new movement, a new arrival, a new cycle. Absence in the context becomes fertile ground, a creative void that allows what must manifest to take shape. External silence becomes a portal for a return or a beginning.

Questions for you
– What “emptiness” in the world around you is preparing the ground for something new?
– What could emerge precisely because of absence?
– How can you attune yourself to this suspended time?

If the card speaks about the world – Shadow

The context is marked by coldness, detachment, lack of support. Someone who should have been there was not. A fundamental presence has withdrawn, leaving you alone at the moment you needed support. The world seems distant, deaf, unable to respond to your voice. This external absence can turn into distrust, disorientation, or a sense of exclusion.

Questions for you
– Who or what has been missing around you?
– In what way is the world leaving you without an answer?
– Which presence would you need to claim… or let go of?