The Lovers Keywords: Love, Passion, Relationships, Choices

The Lovers Tarot Card Description

The angel Raphael appears in the sky, suspended in clouds under a blazing sun. His arms are outstretched in blessing over a naked man and woman. The man stands in front of the Tree of Life, while the woman stands before the Tree of Knowledge, which has a serpent coiled around its trunk. The fruits on the Tree of Knowledge represent sexuality. Our desire to eat the fruit symbolizes our desire to know sexuality which, in turn, leads to knowledge of suffering. The serpent warns of the dangers that come with this knowledge.

What The Lovers Means In A Tarot Reading

In readings about love and relationships, this card is always a welcome sight. It signifies a desire for union and partnership. In a new relationship, you’ll be feeling the excitement and pleasure of sexual desire. In an established relationship, passion and desire may be intensified or reignited. This relationship will have a significant impact on your life. There is a possibility of long-term commitment or marriage, particularly if the II of Cups also appears in the spread.

The Lovers is also a card about choices; choices between vice and virtue, between taking the high or low road. You need to be clear about what your values are. You may face temptation and will need to choose between what you know to be right and wrong. As you continue life’s journey, you’ll be faced with many such choices. Always stay true to your values and standards and choose the path that feels and good and true to you.

The Lovers Love and Relationships Tarot Meaning

The Lovers is a great card to see in a relationship reading. It indicates a time of passion and union. If you’ve only recently begun a relationship, passion and temptation will come easily. In a more established relationship, you’ll feel a renewed bond and sense of union with your partner. You may feel a renewal or intensification of passion between you. Whatever stage you are at in a relationship, it will be one that will have a significant impact on your life. Be careful that you don’t let temptation lead you astray, however. Remember to hold onto your values in any choices you make.

The Lovers Career Tarot Meaning

If your reading relates to work and career, the Lovers will represent a partnership, or working closely with someone. You’ll feel that you’re working with someone who brings out the best in you and you’ll feel passionate about whatever project you’re working on together. Again, however, you need to remember your values and what feels right to you when there are choices to be made.

The Lovers Reversed Tarot Card Meanings

The Lovers Reversed Keywords: Disharmony, Interference, Choices

What The Lovers Reversed Means in a Tarot Reading

The Lovers Reversed can depict a difficult relationship. There will be times when these difficulties can’t be resolved, and the only solution will be separation. And there’ll be other times when the couple are going through a very bad patch, but will be able to resolve their difficulties, and move on happier and more peaceful.

Interference is a strong theme with this reversal. This is someone interfering and causing trouble in a relationship. It could be anyone, but you’ll often find that it’s someone close to the couple – perhaps an in-law, or a supposed friend. This interference is more than just an annoyance, it’s causing serious problems in the relationship and will continue to do so until someone puts a stop to it.

As with the upright card, the reversal can indicate that there’s a choice to be made between vice and virtue. Quite often, the upright card indicates that the virtuous and ethical path will be chosen, and the reversal indicates that you’ll choose a path that goes against what you know to be right and goes against your own ethical standards.

The Lovers Reversed Love and Relationships Tarot Meanings

When it appears in a relationship reading, the meanings of The Lovers Reversed are very much tied in with the general meaning of the card as described above. This card represents discord and difficulties in a relationship. Communication is difficult, or perhaps non-existent. Unfortunately, there’s no happy outcome unless things change. However, while change and a happy outcome may seem nearly impossible while you’re in the middle of a Lovers Reversed time in your life, it really isn’t. Some relationships will, and should, end at times like this – for the ultimate happiness, safety, and security of everyone involved. Other relationships might weather the storm and come out stronger and happier as result of the changes they’ve made and the lessons they’ve learned. No two stories will be the same when The Lovers Reversed energy is present in a relationship.

As was also discussed in the general meaning of this card, someone interfering and harming a relationship is a strong theme. If you recognize this in your own relationship, you really should take steps to put a stop to it before real damage is done. This person, or the circumstances that are intruding on and interfering with your relationship, will cause real harm to your happiness if you don’t set boundaries and limits on the intrusion.

Again, the theme of choosing between what feels right and what feel wrong is also a possible meaning for this card in a relationship reading. The reversal indicates that you’re likely to make a choice that doesn’t sit well with you. It’s probably a good idea to see The Lovers Reversed as a warning to you that you’re likely to regret your choice in the future and that it’s worth giving it some more thought before you proceed.

The Lovers Reversed Career Tarot Meanings

The Lovers Reversed can show conflict in the workplace. Perhaps your relationship with a business partner, or your colleagues, has become strained. There’s likely to be a lack of effective communication. Maybe these difficulties can be overcome, or maybe you’ll find that you can’t work in this environment, and you’ll make the decision to find another job. These situations are always complex and there are many factors to take into consideration. Take time to assess your options before making your decision on this.

Alternatively, The Lovers Reversed might represent a choice you need to make that involves your work. This is a choice between doing what you know to be right or doing something that doesn’t sit well with your values and ethics. When the reversal is drawn it often indicates that the choice you’re about to make doesn’t sit well with you. It’s a good idea to give this some thought and to consider your options before doing something that you might regret in the future.

The Lovers Correspondences & Attributions