The Lovers can be
seen as the realization of the Free Will of our separateness and how we choose to
be as one again. Here the feminine
seeks balance with the masculine as we learn that we must first fall in love
with ourselves as Divine beings before we can truly love one another. We learn
as we make choices in our loving that we are all interconnected, that we all
mirror each other and we come to a much higher loving than we ever imagined.
Key
Words: Discrimination/ Alchemical wedding of masculine and feminine consciousness/ Finding God in
sexual ecstasy
Walter Pence The
Lovers
“A long standing opposition in me
manifests itself as a
conflict between reason and art. I
have lived this contradiction.
Making this card has helped me to create a mythic
harmony which I
explain as follows: The
force of
love in nature is already present in us at birth as a seed
waiting to blossom
when the time is ripe. The
sun’s
warmth, like a smile, spontaneous and unbidden, is also
love; its heat
generates in earth the myriad forms of life. As complementary opposites, human beings
become one in their
love for one another. Their
need
for wholeness is expressed, first in erotic desire, but
also in the tenderness
and appreciation each shows for the other.
Still, no relationship can exist without
difficulties and
problems. Enter
the serpent. The
serpent is wise because it knows both darkness and light.
Moving in
the unknown world below ground, as well as above, ancient
peoples saw it as a
messenger between the two worlds.
Since the snake sheds its skin and grows a new one,
it also has the
ability to transform and heal divisive elements in both
body and psyche. Hence
its presence in a romantic
relationship. Humans
share the
earth with other beings making up the web of life. Just as the force of love is universal,
so are the
empathetic/symbiotic connections holding all things in
interdependent relationships. Love unifies, imparting purpose and
meaning to life. Thus
everything
attains a wholeness of being.”
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