Will he show up as a father?

Had a difficult reading (this was a while ago,  no one I've seen this year! So never feel worried that about confidentiality!  Also I change lots of identifying details,  but the questions and card selections are real.) 

A woman in her late 30's has an unreliable boyfriend but then falls pregnant.  She comes to me when she is 6 months in,  showing a small belly, looking tired and anxious. 

She asks about the boyfriend - let's call him Oleg. 

She draws: World / King of Pentacles / 4 wands reversed / Hierophant / Ace of cups reversed

She wants him to be the end of tarot journey,  she wants him to be the world,  and stop being a single woman.  And he has certain really good fatherly qualities.  But her marriage card,  4 of wands,  is reversed.  The cards are strongly advocating that she look within and not lie to herself.  The ace of cups,  the yes to love,  is also reversed. 

I often tell people that the easiest thing to do is turn a card around.  It's much harder to shift the cards and put a different one in it's place. 

If there were no reversals than this would be a good outcome.  But the reversals and the Hierophant are warnings,  there is no smooth sailing here.  

She wants him to be something he isn't.  She went clubbing with a player and now she wants him to be husband material. And he has potential,  but the baby puts everything on stress mode.  And he is not there yet.  The more she clings/demands,  the more he spins around.  

It's clear to me that he will love the baby.  It's clear to me that he will find his feet. So, he will show up as a father.  But it wasn't clear to me that he would be her ideal partner.  

That's such a hard thing to think about.  Nothing here was properly planned and she wants to fall into a fairy tale,  but the cards were not giving her that.  

The tarot is often the start of the conversation,  not the end of it.  

She wanted more but sighed and agreed that the cards were accurate.  They are descriptors/predictors,  not magic wands...

What's the best option

When people come to me with an important choice,  I like to know nothing more than the label - Plan A or Plan B.  That way,  my own biases don't come into play. 

So a woman in her late twenties comes to me with two work opportunities and and I say,  let's shuffle and think about Plan A.

She draws  4 wands / King of Swords / 8 of pentacles. 

And then we look at Plan B

7 pentacles reversed / hanged man / 7 of swords. 

Knowing nothing about either options, it's clear that Plan A is the better option - it's more stable,  it has a smart organized male energy and it gives career vibes.

Plan B was more hanging in the wind and betrayal. 

Turns out Plan A was moving to Canada and take a position there and Plan B involved staying the more familiar New Jersey.  She was scared of the big change of moving countries,  but she too could clearly see it was the better option.  Sometimes fears hold us back,  but with a little reassurance,  we can burst forward.