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The Lovers Tarot Card Meaning
The Lovers is card VI of the Major Arcana. Upright it speaks of partnership, choice, alignment; reversed, of disharmony, misalignment. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's Jungian archetype and its astrological correspondence.
Major ArcanaAirGemini
Upright meaning
“Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: partnership, choice, alignment, values, union.
Reversed meaning
“Failure, foolish designs. Another account speaks of marriage frustrated and contrarieties of all kinds”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911
Keywords: disharmony, misalignment, indecision, one-sided love.
The archetype
The Syzygy — union of anima and animus; the choice that defines who one is becoming.
Astrology
Correspondence: Gemini.
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