Unlikely Love Rekindled….

Hey Occulties,

So, another client has a story to share with all of us, and this one needs some background. Of course, all names are changed. I liked this one as it really shows how subtle spells can be, where it's all "too convenient" at times. Normally I share the really wild manifestations but this one here is perfect – and I'm so happy with the outcome! 

So, my client was engaged to a woman I will call Eva (not her real name) about 20 years ago. As they were relatively young and pretty fresh out of college at the time, while planning their wedding, Eva's career started taking off. She asked Jack (my client under an equally fictitious name,) if he was OK with them postponing the wedding for a year. While he agreed (they had really just started planning so it wasn't a huge financial problem,) the relationship soon soured as Eva pulled away more and more, with the end coming with her deciding to move somewhat far away for a new job and to just have a new start…. They did not stay in touch as the break up was somewhat bitter. 

Jack did what a lot of us would do…he just went and partied like it was the end of the world, and within a few months, he found himself unexpectedly expecting to become a father. He married the woman who was about to be the mother of his children, and for about 15 years, they were very happy, and had 2 other kids. Unfortunately, his wife became ill and died at a rather young age, leaving Jack a widower with 2 sons and a daughter to raise on his own. At first, he didn't want to think about dating, but while grieving, he kept wondering what would have happened if he had married Eva instead of Sarah (also not her name.) Then as time went on, he began to wonder if Eva would even have wanted to have children, seeing as she was so centered on her career back when things fell apart. Just a bit under a year after Sarah passed away, Jack decided he would go "Social Media Stalking" to find out what happened to his old flame, as he just couldn't help but wonder what her life had been.

He found her quite easily. But because life is like that sometimes, her social media accounts were not so easy to see. He could see a picture of her but not really see much of anything else. So he asked a few mutual friends, but found that no one seemed to know anything. Finally the sister of one of his friends told him that Eva had married briefly, and had a ten year old daughter, but she hadn't spoken to her very much (they were just Facebook friends,) and that Eva didn't post very often, so she didn't know much else. 

He tried to stop thinking about her…and it surprised him as for many years, he'd really not thought about her at all. She came up in conversation here or there, but so rarely that it surprised him how hard it was to get her out of his mind now. When the pandemic hit, it became a complete obsession. He didn't want to say anything to friends and family, feeling they would think he was crazy. It was around this time that he contacted me. 

At first I was kind of concerned as from what Jack told me, he'd not even tried contacting Eva personally. Because I'm me, and of course I would say such a thing, I told him he should probably save himself some money, and just reach out to her. What can I say? I'm more practical than some people might realize. 😉 However, he was adamant that he didn't feel right doing so, at least not without first looking into what was going on with a reading. Since he was sure it was the right thing, I agreed. Instantly the six of cups keeps showing up, – always in one of the outcome positions, and in all three of the spreads I did during our half hour. To those of you not in the know, the six of cups generally means "love from the past returning into your life," and if you're asking about an ex you miss, it's one hell of a great card to get.

So, I tell Jack again – reach out to her! Even the cards say it's good!

But he balked at this. So I'm like "Look, it's been a long time, – no matter what you did, it can't be that bad. I'm sure she's forgiven you for saying something mean.' So he told me he had gone well and high above and beyond mean and cruel and awful. Again, as I've heard pretty much everything in my almost 2 decades at this job, I was like "Yeah, okay, see you think it's bad, but how bad can it be? Just tell me, because I can assure you I've heard much worse." So he told me. 

I have promised to keep the incident a secret but let's just say it was very very mean. It wasn't like a marathon of dick behavior level of bad, but it was pretty low. I had heard a few similar things in my day, though so I wasn't exactly bowled over. So I said "Look, I can see why you might not want to reach out, but she probably has gotten over it. I can understand if she didn't want to date you again after that, but it's not the worst thing I've ever heard or even seen 2 people get past. We can do some work on it to help her get over it, but I still think you should just reach out." Jack decided to consider it and about a week or two later he reached out to me again, and told me that he'd sent her a message on social media, and she left him on read….that had been a few days ago, and nothing. 

So, I asked if he wanted me to do work, and he said, yes, he thought that would be good. We thought out a plan which included not just reconciliation but also communication, love drawing work, and at Jack's insistence, obsession work as well. 

About three weeks pass, and I get an email from Jack saying nothing has happened and he's decided nothing will, but he thanks me for my time and etc. I assure him that something could very well still happen, but that it's always healthier to start moving on because, as I tell all of you all of the time, fixating on something can slow manifestation. About two weeks later, I get an email from Jack with the title "HOLY SHIT!" 

Now, just so as you all know, that can be good or that can be bad. I actually looked at that title and was like "I'm having a pretty busy day today, and if that's bad, it's going to stress me out." However, I'd never known Jack to be rude, and I was awfully curious, so my caution lasted about 3 minutes. ;) 

It was, in fact, very good news. Out of the blue, Eva reached out – after all these long weeks of leaving Jack on read. She replied with an epic novel that I shall summarize to you here… Basically she said that she wasn't sure if she wanted to say anything as for a long time she had been very angry with Jack…for having children with- and marrying Sarah. She in fact never brought up the "incident" that Jack had been kicking himself over for so long except to mildly touch upon it by saying "A pretty nasty break up," and had instead let him know that when she had moved for her job, she thought about him constantly, and could not stop thinking about how she had thrown her great love away. She had thought to reach out to him when a mutual friend told her that Jack had "gotten a girl knocked up" and that they were getting married. Eva was devastated, and when she heard Jack and Sarah were expecting a second child, she up and married the first person she could…while still in love with Jack. Well the marriage soon soured as Eva named her child "Jacquelyn" (Not the child's real name, but it was the female form of Jack's real name,) and her now former husband had about enough of feeling second to Jack. He asked for a divorce. She spiraled into depression, ended up seeing a therapist and finally "getting over' Jack. When she had seen Jack's message, she wasn't sure if she should say anything at all, as she did not want to go back to feeling hurt and abandoned and second best. HOWEVER, she had talked to a mutual friend who told her that Jack had been widowed, and after a week or two she just felt terrible and selfish to not say anything when he had merely reached out in a friendly manner, and not been crass or rude or flirty…. She just worried because she knew deep down some part of her heart belonged to him still and it hurt so much to lose him before. She admitted that a week or two after getting his message she just couldn't stop thinking about him. 

Jack was floored that she'd loved him for so long, because in his memory it was her who had rejected him. They spoke at length and after several conversations, decided to meet…which, logistically speaking, was kind of a shit show. 😉 Both were afraid that after so many years the other party wouldn't be attracted but both felt very attracted. She started looking for a job near to where he was, saying that it's what she wanted all these years ago, – to just be with him, – and that it was "like a dream coming true" to be back together with him again. 

So, almost 20 years apart, and now together. Congratulations "Jack" and "Eva" – you two crazy kids deserved a second shot at love. 🙂

~Cat