Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! For today’s post, I am going to share some of my thoughts about the Lovers card in the Tarot. The Lovers card is numbered 6 in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. This is a card of unity, abundance, the marriage of opposites, and two forces coming together as one.
Now this card is not just one that refers to romantic love, as it can also refer to any two forces being alchemized into one. It is the ultimate card of cooperation in reaching a shared goal! Often it can be interpreted as the coming together in partnerships within other non-romantic areas of life, such as the union between partners in work, in creative endeavors, or in a deep bonding of friendship! I personally find this card of the Lovers to be almost as much about learning how to balance forces as the Temperance card. In this case, that balance is not about tempering or moderating, as with Temperance, but instead a balance of two opposite but equal aspects within life. It can even be interpreted as two opposite but equal forces within a single person, the querent. This works with the balance of masculine and feminine energy, which all of us have within, much like the yin-yang symbol!
The energy of the Lovers card can be associated with Beltane in the Wheel of the Year. Beltane is a time of sexuality, abundance, new or renewed romance, the blessing of the land with fertility (often through the sexual unions of humans in an act of sacred sexuality), and a common time for hand-fasting. I strongly feel that this association with Beltane fits very well with the Lovers card, which in many decks, especially those that are more Celtic-based, we see depictions of lovers in gorgeous spring fields or woodlands with hand-fasting cords twined around their wrists! Two great examples of this style of Lovers card are in The Arthurian Tarot by John and Caitlin Matthews, where it is called the White Hart card, and The Wildwood Tarot by Mark Ryan and John Matthews, in which it is called the Forest Lovers and features the image of Robin and Maid Marian in a hand-fasting around a tree!
I hope that you have enjoyed this short post sharing some of my thoughts about the Lovers card in the Tarot. What other associations do you have with the Lovers card? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Note on Image: The image at the top of the post is a lovely interpretation of the Lovers card. I found the image on https://www.tarotbymaisy.com/the-lovers-tarot-card.
Tarot Note: I have a page offering tarot and oracle readings for those interested in these services! I am very happy to be offering these readings to my treasured readers at White Rose of Avalon! Link to page: https://whiteroseofavalon.life/tarot-and-oracle-readings/
Further Reading
- The Only Tarot Book You’ll Ever Need by Skye Alexander
- The Wildwood Tarot by Mark Ryan & John Matthews
- The Arthurian Tarot by John & Caitlin Matthews
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Do you know the name of the tarot deck this lovers card is featured from? I love it! 🙂
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I actually do not know the deck, or if this is just an artwork for a wall, but I do link to the websites where I find all of my images at the bottom of my posts. There should be an image note at the bottom with a link, maybe that will be of help! Thanks for reading and commenting!
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