Major Arcana

The Lovers

Tarot Card Meaning

The Lovers tarot card from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Upright

  • love
  • harmony
  • partnerships
  • choices

A meaningful relationship or important choice. Align your actions with your true values.

Reversed

  • disharmony
  • imbalance
  • misalignment
  • poor choices

Conflict in relationships or values. A choice made without full consideration may cause regret.

Symbolism

A nude man and woman stand beneath the archangel Raphael, who spreads his arms in blessing. Behind the woman grows the Tree of Knowledge; behind the man, the Tree of Life — the divine gift of conscious choice.

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