I like the "surrender to a higher power" bit. The rest of it sounds like I'm an obsessive. Which, in a way, I suppose I am...
You are The Lovers
Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.
The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.
Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.
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Seselwaz
You are the Hanged Man
Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.
With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of loss from a situation, rather than gain.
The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.
The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see the world differently, with almost mystical insights.
Seselwaz,
You are a much better person than me. I hang my head in shame at my passionate pursuit of loves. :-)
Interestng, though, how we all have our different fates...
Hi,
I'm new to this tarot cards.
Interesting stuff...
Nice detailed post.
Keep it up.
:-)
Psychic
Thanks, "Psychic". You actually have to be in a somewhat meditative state to read the cards. And that's something you know all about :-)
I love the tarot. I do runes and read palms, but i don't know much about tarot cards. I am the Empress apparently, the card for love and happiness, luxury and beauty. Sounds like me to some extent, but some of the questions I really ummed and ahhed over what to choose so on another day I think I'd pick another card.
Fascinating stuff. Thanks for the link.
Kelly
Kelly,
I had the same experience. It was quite a detailed questionnaire and I would probably chose different answers in a different mood.
Makes us versatile people, methinks. :-)