Major Arcana 6 · Zayin ז · Gemini
The Lovers
Union, choice, values. Choose with the heart and the head together.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Loving
- Harmonious
- Charming
- Devoted
- Romantic
Bad traits
- Indecisive
- Dependent
- Tempted
- Torn
What The Lovers means
- Love
- Love is central to your life; the choices of your heart shape your path.
- Work
- Partnerships, diplomacy, beauty, art and choosing well.
- Money
- Partnerships bring money; choose partners in business as carefully as in love.
- Health
- The lungs, arms and nerves; stress shows when your heart is torn.
- Spirit
- Love is a choice made again and again: you grow by joining your heart to your values.
- Advice
- Choose with the heart and the head together.
Reversed
Indecision, temptation, or a choice made against your own values; a love that divides you.
Shadow work: You can lose yourself in another person. Stay whole on your own first.
Yes or no
Yes
As a yes or no card, the Lovers answers yes.
Ask yourself
Does this choice match what I truly value?
Affirmation: “I choose with a whole heart and a clear mind.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 6
- Hebrew letter
- Zayin ז
- Astrology
- Gemini: the card of Gemini
- Constellation
- Love and desire. The Lovers and the Devil: choices of the heart, attraction and the freedom to choose again.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Love, Harmony, Beauty, Good choices, Relationships; in the minus: Indecision, Dependence, Temptation, Superficiality
The Lovers as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with The Lovers as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 13. DeathTransformation and endings
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does The Lovers mean?
Union, choice, values. Choose with the heart and the head together.
What does The Lovers mean reversed?
Indecision, temptation, or a choice made against your own values; a love that divides you.
Is The Lovers a yes or no card?
Yes.
What does The Lovers mean in love?
Love is central to your life; the choices of your heart shape your path.
What does The Lovers mean for money and work?
Partnerships bring money; choose partners in business as carefully as in love. Partnerships, diplomacy, beauty, art and choosing well.
Which zodiac sign is The Lovers?
Gemini, in the Golden Dawn's order; its astrological attribution is Gemini.