help, tarot! what is the deal with my fucking relationship?
Card 1: The Tower (past situation)
Hooo boy. Things have been very very bad for you. This is a card of ultimate change. Serious change. Life-altering change. It’s a tower being struck by lightning. Also, the tower is on fire. What was built tall and proud has been toppled. Everything has been burnt away and what remains will be empty and clean. If Sailor Saturn had a card, this would probably be it. This is what it’s been like for you in your relationship recently. I am so, so sorry.
Card 2: Eight of Rods (present situation)
The Eight of Rods is a card that commands you to take action. The iron is hot, so strike it immediately, before it cools down and you have to start all over again. You've been thinking about taking action for a long time. Your preparations have led you to this moment. Act! This card can also indicate the culmination of your efforts leading to the natural ending of something. This doesn't necessarily mean the relationship at large! It could be a behavior, a habit, a style of communication, etc. It can also herald the arrival of a particular bit of information that will make a crucial difference in your situation. Taken with the Tower, it seems to me that this card is saying now that the calamity is over, it's time to take action through ending something.
Card 3: King of Cups (possible outcome)
Face cards like him nearly always represent particular people (of any or no gender). I don't know whether he represents your partner, someone else you know, or someone you haven't yet met. Future cards are tricky in that way. He's generally a wonderful card to get! He represents a compassionate, patient, insightful, caring person who loves to teach, has a relaxing demeanor, and listens to what other people have to say. He's also an action card, like the Eight of Rods before him. If he doesn't represent a person, he appears to remind you to act like him. Be kind. Use diplomacy. Reach out and try hard to understand someone else.
tl; dr: You've been through some life-changing shit. It's time to take action and throw out the poison. If you do this, someone like the King of Cups will be there, either in your partner, someone else, or in you.