The Pope and the Lovers Cards - Arcana Major V and VI

The Pope - Tarot Card Number Vsystematically "Love".
The character represented on this Tarot card is anThe principal character this Tarot card represents a
old man, symbolizing purity.young man surrounded by two young women.
The accessories of his clothing are divine material andThe first woman seems to be rich and tries to take
intellectual world symbols.him along towards the richness; the second seems to
The furniture of his palate represent the moral law,be poor and wants to convince him to follow her.
the free will.Cupid, at the top of the Tarot card takes care of
The symbols of seven traditional planets (the Moon,this young man's choice.
Jupiter, Venus...) are drawn on his crozier.This Tarot card symbolizes the choice, the free will.
Basic significance of the Pope card:Basic significance:
In the right position, this Tarot card representsIn the right position, The Lovers represents love of
indulgence, wisdom, protection, kindness, beingbeautiful things, the choices, youth, discovery of
devoted to traditions.love...
In the reversed position, this Tarot card symbolizesIn the reversed position, The Lovers represents
cowardice, frivolity, lack of conscience.selfishness, instability...
Example:Example:
A mother wants to know if her child; who wants toA consulting person wants to know if her fiance will
become lawyer and will study at the University; willdecide to marry her because he always seems to
succeed. In fact, she worries in front of his lack ofavoid this subject.
enthusiasm and the kind of people he meets.Let's pull four major arcana: on the left is The
Four major arcana are pulled: on the left is theEmpress, on the right is The Justice, at the top is
Strength, on the right is the Pope, at the top is theThe Sun and at the bottom is The Lovers card.
High Priestess and at the bottom is the Fool.Interpretation: The Empress reveals us that her
The Strength card means that this teenager has thefiance loves our consulting person very much, but
capacity to study very well and succeed but theThe Justice in a negative position means that
Pope, in a negative position means that the child doessomething related to Justice blocks the situation (is
not have this kind of thoughts in this moment, thethis man already married, not divorced yet, is he a
High Priestess at the top represents his mother andforeigner and does not have a residence card, etc).
her questions and the Fool at the bottom teaches usThe Sun card represents our consulting person and
that if the child continues on his impetus, he will nother question (The Sun is happiness) and The Lovers
do anything good.teaches us that her fiance does not know what to
The synthesis of these cards is number 4, thedo, hesitates but will probably make the good choice.
Emperor and means that the teenager will obey hisThe synthesis is 9. The 9th number is The Hermit
parents when they will become conscious of theirarcana. It confirms that her fiance is a discrete
authority.person, he requires time to make his decisions, to tell
The Lovers - Tarot Card Number VIthe truth to our consulting person about his situation.
Do not think that "The Lovers" card means