The Lovers

Love & Harmony or a Choice - Air - Mercury - Yes -  6

Simple:  A relationship where you feel happy, cherished and inspired, that also allows you to grow independently. This card can also symbolize a choice between two desires.

Reversed: Self Absorbed, imbalance, indecision, fear of commitment, Emotional Baggage from the past creating an imbalance, poor relationship

The lovers is a card of passion and choices. Whether you are choosing a person, a vocation, or friendships, the lovers is the card that guides your heart and reflects your passions. 

The traditional images of this card show a choice between two lovers, while sometimes that is the case, it doesn’t necessarily mean a choice between two people, sometimes we need to decide where and how much of our energy will be focused on any one thing. There is a balance that has to occur in life to follow your passions and to keep loved ones and friends close and a balance that also ensures your passion doesn’t become an obsession. Sometimes this card can represent the choice between doing what is socially acceptable, and taking the path that you truly desire. 

When this card is speaking to a strong friendship or romantic relationship, it is one that is strong and steadfast. These individuals grow and transform together to create a lifelong bond. These are relationships that change our lives, through the idea that their union helps them reach a level that neither could individually. These are relationships that may your feel happy, cherished and inspired while also allowing you to grow independently.

The Lovers can also represent twin flames, symbolizing a powerful connection and deep bond between souls destined to meet. Twin flames will always be drawn to each other, but this interaction does not always end up in a romantic relationship, and some say twin flame relationships are doomed to fail. In the card of the lovers we see a couple, represented by Gemini, in a mirrored relationship. This type of relationship forces you to see the good or bad in yourself mirrored by another. To truly turn that into a lasting loving relationship we must accept every aspect of our individual personality, knowing the fractured elements within ourselves and accept them in another person. 

When we see the Lovers in a reading, it can either represent a stable, strong and supportive relationship or it can be telling you that you have an important decision to make and to follow your true passion. The things that scare you just a little are usually the ones you should pursue.