The Lovers
Upright: Love, harmony, relationships, values alignment, choices
Reversed: Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values
The Lovers card represents conscious connections and meaningful relationships. The arrival of this card in a Tarot reading shows that you have a beautiful, soul-honoring connection with a loved one. You may believe you have found your soulmate or life partner. While the Lovers card typically refers to a romantic tie, it can also represent a close friendship or family relationship where love, respect, and compassion flow. The Lovers is a card of open communication and raw honesty. Given that the man and woman are naked, they are both willing to be in their most vulnerable states and have learned to open their hearts to one another and share their truest feelings. In a reading, this card signifies that by communicating openly and honestly with those you care about, you will create a harmonious and fulfilling relationship built on trust and respect. At its heart, the Lovers is about choice-the choice about who you want to be in this lifetime and how you connect with others. To make good choices, you need to be clear about your personal beliefs and values, and stay true to them. These decisions will not always be easy. Now more than ever, you must choose love-love for yourself as well as love for others. Choose the best version of yourself.
The yin and yang design denote the male and female balance as well as the darkness and light balance. The colors and design re-enforce the two parts of a whole. Also, the whole should be taken into account. Self love is necessary for loving relationships, even if it means embracing the darkness, which is in all of us. The Lovers card encourages you to unify dual forces. You can bring together two parts that are seemingly in opposition to one another and create something that is whole, unified, and harmonious. In every choice, there is an equal amount of advantage and disadvantage, opportunity and challenge, positive and negative. When you accept these dualities, you build the unity from which love flows.
This Air element card indicates devotion, intention, healing, and mutability.