He cheated (kind of) how would you interpret this spread as advice?
My intuition says that he was/is romantically involved with the other woman and he hasn’t let her go. So now he’s torn. He has feelings for both of them and can’t decide. To be honest, it doesn’t look good. Don’t look for him to commit to your friend anytime soon. He needs to let the other woman go and give full disclosure if things are to work between him and your friends. My gut says that he’ll maintain this pattern because it’s his comfort zone...hence the outcome card(8 of Pentacles, repeating pattern).