Through love we conquer fears and free self to
experience a more fulfilling and balanced life.
Often times people believe if only they met the right person, a person to love and hold them as a jewel in life, they'd find happiness. It could happen.
As a tarot reader when people see the cared The Lovers, they think that is it! He or she, their lover is going to fix it all. That's really not what the card's symbolic message is about. It's about the love of self and love of one's uniqueness.
The opposite of love is self-loathing caused by a false belief we are unlovable -in the tarot The Devil (number 15) represents that and our fears - whereas The Lovers (number
6. 15 = 6) is how to love fully, self and othes.
Looking at the two cards side-by-side: Both form a triangle
with a powerful being on top (devil or Pan) and in The Lovers, archangel
Rafael. In each corner stands a man to the right and a woman to the left; the
man gestures with his hand to the woman (his need to connect to the female
energy) and the woman (the emotion/psychic self) has two reactions: in the
Lovers she’s open handed – accepted what the man offers or inviting his
offerings and opened for guidance from the angel. In the Devil both hands are
not open. Between them is a pull, in the devil the pull is cardinal. The man is
enflamed by the force of the devil; perhaps thriving off chaos; the female by the fruits of desire, but she doesn’t
look to the devil, rather stares out to ? nowhere? Whereas in the Lovers she
looks to the angel for guidance and connects the spirit with the conscious
mind.
While the Devil represents the lower form of humans – the
downfall of cardinal desires –the Lovers represents living with a higher or
spiritual form of purpose. In the Lovers behind the man is the Tree of
Knowledge; the woman, The Tree of Wisdom. She looks to the higher self to
connect the knowledge attained on
the earth with inner wisdom to a greater purpose, thus the triangle of self
and/or the balance of purpose or life.
When have you used and/or are using your knowledge
(education) wisely to satisfy your needs materially and spiritually? Doing so
is to live your authentic self through the positive use of your unique talents
and abilities.
To live wholly or fully is a balancing act of accepting the shadow-light energy or the yin-yang .
Free yourself from the chains of your fears: prejudices,
phobias, judgments and lack of self-love. LOVE YOUR SELF as in the Lovers.
Looking at the two cards makes a lot of sense for they
represent us – the good, the bad and the ugly. You can transform your fears
into a higher purpose.
I recently did. I have had a cherished goal but believed it
would take too much time and money to accomplish. I meditated on The Devil and realized my fear: I wasn’t valuing
my talents. I wasn’t investing in myself as I invested in caring for others.
Meditating on the Lovers, I realized a balance place.
Release certain responsibilities and people to focus on what brings me joy. I’m
following a Higher Voice of Conscious and learning to write a potentially
successful screenplay.
What is chaining you to the darkness of chaos, unhappiness
and/or stagnation? How can you love yourself and life more so? Tell me what you did today to move beyond your fears into the love light.
My novels; City of Redemption - about hope and release of fear - The Skye in June - acceptance and love of those different from us - read more. Ebook and paperback. My website june ahern dot com and Amazon. Read the reviews - also on Goodreads.
