Attune Magazine January 2013 | Page 66

Life and “The Lovers” Card

The word Love carries an Energy signature that embodies emotional depth, comfort and unity. A tarot card presents itself as a pictorial world, full of wonder, magic and knowledge. In the Lovers Card we are pulled into a landscape of intrigue, depth, love and fonder. While every tarot Card is a fountain of knowledge, able to stand on its own, the cards form a bond and duality which comprise the Rider Waite Tarot deck of 78 cards.

Now, let’s take an Adventure into the “The Lovers” card and explore it’s intrinsic possibilities. I could tell you the traditional meanings associated with this card but I’m not going to capitalize on that. Rather, I want to try to bring the card to Life for you, illuminating its imagery and showcasing it’s correlation to real life. In this card two figures stand naked and exposed. Above them the archangel Raphael hovers, with his arms spread open. A cloud floats between the three figures, and a snake wraps itself around a tree, peering over the woman’s head. The colors that stand out in this card most predominately are red and green. If a person were to look at life through the eyes of the Lover’s card, they may find they have the ability to view it in an entirely different, more effervescent way. This card relates to love, attraction, connections, relationships and sexuality, yes this is very true, but let’s delve deeper within its parameters.