Tarot: The Lovers

[pyraxis]

I've been working on this one for a while, but that's mainly because I started it before our move. Today I finally had the chance to put some finishing touches on it.

They are Auben and Amber, two of the people in the Water Song.



Photoshop and MotionComputing tablet

The Lovers is a card about pairs and duality. It's the sixth card of the Major Arcana. There's a sense of ambivalence about it - sometimes it features a man caught between two women instead of a man and a woman joined. The idea is that something else has to be given up, some sacrifice has to be made, in order to pursue the love that has come into the querent's life. Auben and Amber both turned away from major influences in their lives as they turned to each other. The card can mean falling in love with a person, but it can also mean coming to something which feels as if it completes you. It's a bond which is felt at a deeper level than the conscious mind.

Comments

[tigerweave]

I like that, the meaning. I'm going through that now, looking at what I can give up so I feel like I have room in my life to do something I love.

As for the card you've created, I like it, it has a sense of peace. I don't get the sense of them giving up other things from the card though, untill you told me :-)

[pyraxis]

Yeah, it's hard when you love a lot of things, isn't it. I saw that you were starting a Pilates course.

I think the symbolism would be a bit more obvious to people who knew the story. That's ok, I want there to be some depth to the cards that ties into the worlds and isn't totally apparent at first glance.

I'm not totally happy about Amber's face, she was supposed to be looking back at Auben but there's something off, like she's looking out into space. Not happy about the falling apple either, the weight of the fruit should have dragged the branch down more at a different angle.