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Pyramid of the Relationship

Ten cards as a pyramid: four at the base, then three, two and the apex. It tests the relationship from the ground up, from chores and money to the goal you share.

Take it for a full audit of the union, from chores and money up to the shared goal.

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10
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20
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How to read it

Read strictly upward: the upper tiers rest on the lower ones, and a weak card at the base devalues everything above it. The first four cards are the matter of the relationship: the bond, chores, money, the body. If even one of them is ruined, read the rest as a repair plan rather than a verdict. Cards five, six and seven are trust, speech and respect for boundaries, the tier where couples with passion but no conversation usually collapse. Eight and nine speak of meaning and joy. Card ten names what this union can grow into.

Positions

  1. What holds you together

    The true base of the union: feeling, habit, circumstance, or fear of being alone.

  2. Chores and time

    How you divide ordinary days and how much time is left for the two of you.

  3. Money and obligations

    How money and shared obligations affect your closeness and the balance of power.

  4. Body and intimacy

    The state of the bodily bond between you and what it says instead of words.

  5. Trust

    How far you trust each other in the small things that trust is actually made of.

  6. The talking

    How the two of you talk to each other and what you have gone years without saying.

  7. Boundaries

    How far each of you respects the other's freedom and where that line gets crossed.

  8. The shared goal

    What you are building together and whether you share any plan for the coming years.

  9. The shared joy

    What brings the two of you joy and how often you actually allow yourselves it.

  10. The apex

    What this relationship can grow into if the lower tiers hold the weight.

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