My Favourite Lovers

Love, completeness, choice, temptation and commitment. one of these people is our Fool, they've found a lover, a partner, a friend. They're receiving guidance from an angel but will they follow that guidance or will they give in to the temptation of another?  

5. Romantic Tarot

I know this might not be everyone's choice to represent the Lovers, but I do wonder if in our eagerness to represent all, we sometimes forget some. Those who perhaps were overrepresented for the longest time. Maybe this has more to do with the nostalgia in the 6 of Cups than the Lovers but I think this mass market deck is worth a place.

4. Tarot of the Divine

Beauty and the Beast. Love will conquer all. There's the passion of the red roses and the loving gaze of the beast met with the acceptance from beauty. A good reminder that this card refers to the communication in a long term relationship not just the initial whirlwind of romance. 

3. The Numinous Tarot

This card makes me think of flower power and free love in the 60's. I also hear the song to that Coca Cola advert and Wet Wet Wet crooning love is all around....It's so pretty, so colourful and speaks to a diversity that the card in the 5th place can't reach. It's good to have both options. 

2. Alice Tarot

Pink Flamingoes say love, don't they. The way they stand together almost makes a heart shape between their heads and necks. There may be another flamingo and even images of people and birds around them but these two only have eyes for each other. They are their own priority. 

1. Sasuraibito Tarot

Could an image convey a feeling any better? Even if the relationship isn't between two people this card shows that overwhelming feeling of love and connection in its most passionate form. A tornado of emotion and devotion. Whatever dark clouds are lurking in the background, the energy of love creates a protective shield around our Lovers. 

Decks

• Universal Waite by US Games Systems 
• Smith-Waite Borderless edition by US Games Systems 
• Radiant Rider Waite by US Games Systems 

​5. Romantic Tarot by Emanuela Signorini and Giulia F. Massaglia, Lo Scarabeo
4. Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yoshitani, Clarkson Potter, Penguin
3. Numinous Tarot by Cedar McCloud
2. Alice Tarot by Karen Mahoney and Alex Ukolov, Baba Studios 
1. Sasuraibito Tarot by Stasia Burrington