Astrological Influence: Gemini, the twins, represents duality, stimulation, and choice.

Numeral Influence: Love, enthusiasm, and self acceptance.

A man and a woman embrace in their natural state in a garden of pure white lilies. Five whilte lilies are in full bloom around them. The wavy green leaves that grow abundantly around the Lovers represent wisdom and nature growing to its fullest expression. The couples arms are wrapped around each other in a mood of pure love, passion, and desire. They exchange mirrored looks of understanding and trust. Thier hair flows freely as does thier affection and joy. A warm golden aura glows above them.

The Lovers symbolize the harmonizing of polar opposites, that is, male and female . Through their union comes the spiritual of infinite oneness.

Both the Lovers hair is long and free flowing. Symbolically, hair that grows from the top of the head is connected with the energetic or higher spritual forces. That it is free flowing indicates the instinctive active powersof the cosmos. The man's hair is brown, symbolic of earthy energy. The woman's is copper, referring to the attributes of Venus, the Goddess of love.

The Lovers indicate an archetypal Adam and Eve, pure and innocent. They also represent a complete, affectionate, sexual, and all accepting love between a woman and a man.

Key 6 presents the stage where the individual personality makes its first choice or decision. The subconscious forms it's own identity by desiring something outside that which has been previously shown. It is a time of choice, of decision , made independantly, without overt parental and external interferance .

The Lovers must accept and exercise their power of choice in order to recognize their individuality apart from previous influences. Choosing a lover, in effect is stating one's independence and personal control over one's own thoughts and actions.

Divinatory Meaning:
True love and equality between man and woman. Temptation, choice, and decision. The personality takes control over its own choices, actions, and direction. Decisions based on intuition rather than intellect.

Reversed:
Parental or external interference has a negative effect upon a love affair or marriage. Infidelity.

My Note:
Looking at the card i find that as it is in most cases with the Morgan Greer deck this book and the author that accompanies the deck leave very little to be added by looking at the card for a more personalized view of the card. The book is Titled The Book of Tarot the author is Susan Gerulskis~Estes and it is illustrated with the Morgan Greer Tarot deck." I have read and heard that this deck is simply a more artistic Waite clone; but i have found that used in combination with the book it is much more. Just my point of view at this time...

Dale