~VI The Lovers~

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VI The Lovers

            There are so many things going on in this image that it is hard for me to find a place to start or to focus on just one.  I will start with the number 6. 

The first thing I see in a 6 is the combination of two 3s.  The 3 is the number I associate with a trinity or the unmanifested soul.  In the star of David glyph we see two triangles, one pointing upwards and one downwards.  In its most basic sense this represents the combining of male and female.  We often use triangles to symbolize the elements and within the 6 pointed star the triangles for all 4 elements can be found.  The triangle can also symbolize the cosmic mountain or pyramid where all of creation, or the infinity of God is the wide base and its coagulation into a single individual or a singularity of god or universe is in the compressed apex.  To have these 2 mountains together is the substance of the creative universe, each triangle creating the other. 

            Sex, definitely a part of this card,  is a primal sympathetic act that honors creation and I find fitting in this card.

            The people in the card are symbolic of Binah (dark mother & number II) and Chokmah (light father & number I).  I did have choice in mind when making the two women in the card.  I intentionally made them twins with the thought in mind that even though a choice is present the outer expression does not matter, our relationships etc. will reflect what we have in our hearts.  Also these male and female energies are possible within ourselves alone.  We only seek in or project onto others or our outer world what we lack in ourselves.  The Lovers is a balancing of the soul by whatever means you choose.