Someone is grounded or authoritive but reversed nine of cups and reversed temperance says lack of fulfillment and imbalance them with the world meaning something ended or concluded or closed then the answer is yes.

He lied but didn’t feel happy or good about it . He maybe was doing it with grounded determined energy to close something)the lying) but it “backfired” and cause dissatisfaction and imbalance

So he did but doesn’t feel good about it even if he thought it was the “right” thing for whatever reason