Thanks Still Tired, I was just about to give a similar analysis to the questioner and you've just echoed my thoughts...in my experience when cup cards of odd numbers e.g 3 or 5 or 7 are next to an empress, it usually indicates a literal pregnancy but not all the time. I've had empress coming up twice next to a cup card with an even number symbolism and the questioner informed me several months after that to their disappointment, their POI had a baby with someone else. I have noticed a similar pattern with other odd numbered cards in other love scenarios--when you ask about love, getting mostly odd numbered cards indicates a high probability of a third party interference--two people uniting and acting or thinking as one without interference are mainly expressed through even numbered cards e.g two of cups instead of three cups, which popped up in this reading. It took me a while to realize this as I've had positive cards came out negative for the asker and realized after some closer examination that these cards were odd numbered. Not saying this is the absolute case here, but it could be a high possibility.