The Tarot Card the Couples’ Significations
The Lovers represent the first decision that the soul must make on its life path. The young person must choose between being a young person or maturing and creating his or her own individuality. The stage of differentiation and individualization is this. The Lovers symbolize the alternative of withdrawing from one’s roots and going in a direction for which he or she is entirely liable. This is the road towards maturity.
The number associated with The Lovers is six. Peace, partnership, collaboration and self-acceptance represent the Sixes. It is the calm that accompanies the hurricane. The lovers tarot card meaning relates to seeking happiness through the acceptance of self as a whole and independent entity. This of course, is a phase and periods of fear and depression are always packed with it. While there is tremendous freedom to explore one’s own individuality, due to the lack of early bonds, there is also sorrow.
The Lovers often define the notion of duality in a tarot interpretation. The feminine and the masculine are there. Union and individualization are there. The Lovers’ aim is to find a balance between the two. In a relationship, you must remain an entity. The same may be done for one’s own masculine and feminine aspects. The male represents the course of outward pursuits for lovers. It is the direction of intention and self-reliance. The woman reflects one’s commitment to one’s inner life, a world of sensitivity and passion.
Disunion and division without individualization is one of the negative features of the Lovers Tarot Card Meanings. It is the person who has not completely individualized and therefore in a relationship, continues to lose his or her sense of self. When the Lovers flipped in your tarot reading pops up, there is always a fear that to have a fruitful relationship one does not have the maturity. This also expresses through unfaithfulness, lack of devotion and inner strife. This generally represents one’s inability to be responsible.
Usually, as the lovers show up in a tarot reading, it means that a significant life decision has to be made. This decision can always deliver two very different outcomes, so you have to closely analyze the implications of each choice. The Lovers will also reveal a moment of revelation that will provide you with a solution to a dilemma that has plagued you. Before you step into a new period of life, you may find yourself being checked.
In terms of a friendship, lovers may say that your minds may be consumed by love and marriage. There could be a new bond in your life, one that will have a big effect. For two future partners, you can have to select. If you have not yet met a serious other the lovers suggest that you are physically and spiritually ready in an upright position.
Reversed Lovers in A Tarot Reading, Tarot Deck Interpretations
The Lovers reversed in a tarot reading may mean that you will have problems in your relationship. There will be blunt language and feelings of pain. This may be a good time to examine if your relationships are stable. A fear of commitment may be faced by you or your partner. Reversed lovers can also suggest infidelity. You or your wife may not have the maturity to endure a stable relationship and there may be problems of temptation. There’s a desire for responsibility and openness. There’s maybe a reluctance to grow up.
The Lovers flipped, on another level, shows that one has not taken the right course. A problem may be your intellectual honesty. It is important to analyze where you are on the road to individualization when the Lovers reverse shows up in your tarot spread. Are you giving so much control to the relationships of your life? If you have a companion who acts as the figure of a mother or father? This will not be in the best interest if it is so. Perhaps because of the fear of being single, you remain in a relationship. Eventually, no matter what the situation is you must be able to admit that you are O.K. With a companion, without one.
