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Not really. This is the best action to take--meaning your friend need to acknowledge what truths she knows about him (what kind of person he is), the good and bad of the realtionship, etc. and forgive, accept, etc. This has nothing to do with him being in denial. That's not the "action" for your friend to take (confonting him about his denial or hoping he'll apologize). The action here is what your FRIEND must take. Or (depending on the question which you've yet to tell us) what they both must take to make things work ("how do we make things work?"). But just because they both should do it doesn't mean they will...or that your friend shouldn't do it until he does. It's still the best action for her to take at the moment.
And the Tower may be her shock and amazement when she realizes he's not in denial, and does know the truth and has or hasn't done anything about it deliberately. What she thought was true wasn't true at all and she is in shock.
That is the outcome. Something that will stun her about the relationship (or stun both of them). Something she (or both of them) didn't know--didn't even suspect. It might be good, it might be not good. All the tower says it that it will suprise her and maker her reassess everything. This is not a paradox. The Judgement action is only the best action to take for now in order to move forward. That the relationship is headed toward this suprise doesn't alter the fact that this action is the best to take at the moment--the best for your friend and for the relationship.
Oh! Thank you Thirteen, I understand. So he most likely does know something he doesn't want to admit. Then there is something else that will come to light and affect one or both (most likely both) of them and also the relationship.
The question was just a look at their relationship, it was a big spread. This was just the part of it.. Judgement for his best action, 5 of pentacles for her best action, and Tower outcome.
Both of them being surprised and shocked... sounds like an unplanned pregnancy or something! (Doubtful it is actually that, not to my knowledge at least).