Your Chosen Card – The Lovers Upright Golden Deck
When upright, the Lovers card represents an important choice that will significantly influence the course of ones life. This choice may have to do with a romantic relationship or a decision to marry and have children. The associated Hebrew letter Zayin conjures up the image of plowing a field and cultivating it wisely to ensure a good harvest. The decisions you make now will have long-term consequences, so it is imperative to think things through, get sound advice, and choose wisely. The association of the card with the sign Gemini suggests love between individuals that can endure for an eternity.
Keywords Upright: An important decision or the need to choose, devotion, harmony, relatedness, friendship, reciprocity, commitment, true love, romance, enchantment, knowledge of good and evil, inseminating ones fields, judicious use of ones plow, sexual union.
Key VI: The Lovers
Myths/Archetypes: Adam and Eve. Eros and Psyche. Cupids arrow. Abelard and Heloise. Romeo and Juliet. Dante and Beatrice. The Lover. Don Juan. Casanova.
Dates of Gemini: 22 May21 June (tropical); 15 June15 July (sidereal)
Astrology: Gemini, the Twins (an Air sign ruled by Mercury)
Numerology: 6 (Lovers) = 1 + 5 (Devil)
Golden Dawn: Inspiration passively received rather than actively pursued (as in the Hermit card), action arising from inspiration, sometimes mediumistic inspirations.
When The Lovers is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise. If The Lovers is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Lovers is trying to tell you. If you had a particular issue in mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.
This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for The Lovers using cards from the Golden Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.
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Complete Book of Tarot: Golden Dawn: Voluntary change (as opposed to the involuntary change of the Death card), dissatisfaction; when ill-dignified the Moon may signify deception, error, falsehood.
Complete Book of Tarot: Astrology: Air of Fire. (Note the airy backdrop of blue sky, clouds, and mountain peaks in the distance. In the foreground, the hot dry dessert becomes a setting for the throne capped with the head of a lion. The salamander at the Kings feet is associated in mythology with Fire; the Central European ‘fire salamander’ has fiery golden-yellow markings on its back.)
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Complete Book of Tarot: Astrology: Air of Fire. (Note the airy backdrop of blue sky, clouds, and mountain peaks in the distance. In the foreground, the hot dry dessert becomes a setting for the throne capped with the head of a lion. The salamander at the Kings feet is associated in mythology with Fire; the Central European ‘fire salamander’ has fiery golden-yellow markings on its back.)