I would definitely agree with what Thirteen said. Adding that you may want to wait a week and then do a new reading, but phrase it differently. Asking closed yes/no questions doesn't really allow the Tarot to do what it does best and that is to help you with exploring your inner self, your desires, blockages, motivations and fears. And yes, the Tarot
can give you a snapshot of your possible future. By "snapshot" I mean that it can show you where you might be headed at any given point in time
if you or other influences don't change. And, as Thirteen said, looking much beyond a couple of months is rather problematic because of all the constantly changing variables.
So, when you get ready to do another reading on the direction of your life and/or relationship, you might want to keep all of this in mind. In the meantime, contemplate the Ace of Swords reversed in terms of what you've learned here. A more open-ended question in reference to "relationships" or "family" might work out better and give you deeper insight than that initial "yes/no" question.
The Aces are important cards as the beginning of each suit, they kind of represent everything that follows, they represent the beginning of everything that follows within the suit. As such they are also very complex. To me, the reversed Aces also represent quite a large difference between the upright and the reversed meanings. The Ace of Swords is about thinking. In the context of your question, my first thought was that the Ace of Swords-rx may be telling you that, while you feel you want children, you may not have given the issue of children, relationship and future enough thought. However, as I said, that was just my first thought and is certainly open to debate!
I personally feel that such an important topic as having a family is best approached with the more open-ended approach that has been suggested. A simple "am I going to have children" doesn't address the questions of "how should I prepare for having a family", "what should I be looking for in a mate", and other such topics. These are the kinds of things that Tarot is very good at helping us to find out about.
In the instances (other than this perhaps) where you feel that a simple yes/no answer is best you do have other options. My preferred method for these types of questions is the use of a pendulum. The pendulum is an excellent too for working on yes/no questions and a few other things of that sort. (I also have about an 85% correct success rate on predicting the sex of a child that an expectant mother, with my elk-antler pendulum.
) If you're interested in pendulums, there is a good discussion in this thread (which I contributed to
):
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=11345. Another good (though relatively short) thread is here;
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=13906. Of course this is all assuming you want to delve into looking at yes/no questions more. However, do keep in mind that, as we have already discussed, you may need to use the Tarot to delve deeper on many questions, rather than asking simple yes/no questions of a pendulum.
I do hope all of this has been of some help.