Whether an ex misses you is one of those questions that can loop in your head for weeks. Tarot will not read their mind, but it can reflect the emotional weather of the connection as it stands, which is often enough to quiet the loop and let you move.
Reading the three cards
The first card points to what your ex feels now, under the surface. The second names what they are holding back, which is usually the more honest signal, because what people suppress says more than what they show. The third turns the reading toward you: what all of this means for the choice in front of you.
A tender first card with a guarded second one is common after a breakup: feeling and restraint living side by side. That is not a contradiction, it is grief doing its work.
What to do with the answer
If the cards suggest they do miss you, notice how that lands. Relief? Hope? A pull to reach out? Those reactions tell you as much as the cards do. And if the reading is cooler than you hoped, let it be information rather than a wound: knowing where you stand is the thing that finally lets you rest.
Common questions
It cannot read a specific mind. It works with the archetypes and the direction of the connection to give you a reflective read, which you then hold against what you already know to be true.
Once, and then act on it, yes. Asking the same question daily hoping for a warmer answer usually signals anxiety rather than insight; sit with the reading you got before drawing again.
That is worth its own reading. Whether your ex misses you and whether reconnecting is right for you are two different questions, and the cards can speak to each.