TAROT WITH ANN

The Lovers: Major Arcana/6/Gemini

Individuality, Division, Devotion;
Lavender, Sage, Rosemary; Rose Quartz;
ÔNature BoyÕ (Natalie Cole), ÔWhatever Gets You Through The NightÕ (John Lennon), ÔGo Your Own WayÕ (Fleetwood Mac), ÔLuckiest Man AliveÕ (The Finn Brothers).

OKÑwarning!! All those who are a bit squeamish about Love talk, turn the page Ôcause IÕm about to drench you in it!

Hi everyone. My name is Ann and IÕm a Love junkie.

ItÕs trueÑI Love Love. Personally and universally. IÕd rather be the one injecting optimism into the worldÕs energy centre then hatred and extreme scepticism. DonÕt get me wrongÑI ainÕt a-judginÕ. Everything has its time and place. Continual exposure to a diet of negativity can however tend to drain an individualÕs will to live. Luckily, because of the devotion of those who choose to keep optimism alive IÕve been given the chance to see that people do care about people. This example inspires and encourages me still, offering much comfort, priceless in these challenging times.

In the opening scenes of ÔLove ActuallyÕ, Hugh Grant tells us about how people on the September 11 planes, once realising their fate, sent phone messages of Love, not hate, to the people in their lives. A wise woman said to me once that the world will always be wounded. Well I donÕt know the Grand Plan. But I do know that I can do my bit to keep Love alive so that others who are lost in the dark can be drawn to the warmth of its light. One of the best ways I can do this is to clean up my own backyardÑto take care of whatÕs blocking Love in my life.

The journey to Self-Love is the biggest commitment you will ever make. Some would call those of us on this trip naive, not in touch with the reality of world events. But a real Lover knows. One who is in Love with Life, devoted to Love. Spiritual warriors. Defenders of love. The Love that is indeed everyoneÕs birthright.

Like the wide-eyed innocent in Moulin Rouge, passionately telling us that ÔLove is like oxygen, Love is a many splendoured thing; Love lifts us up where we belongÕ. A Devotee of Love knows that innocence can take you places that cynicism canÕt.

We know the paradoxes of Love; fragility/strength, union/division, innocence/knowledge, light/dark, jealousy/security. How easy it is to step off the path to Love. How this doesnÕt mean that Love stops guiding us. But what is Love? What does it mean to you? Do you want to find out? Love wants you to.

The Lovers card heralds the appearance of a lesson designed to help us to further explore who we are by becoming aware through an experience of Love. This part of the journey is about separating from othersÕ opinions about life and investigating our own, striking out against all objections to make our mark.

Through this adventuring we are given the opportunity to learn about one of lifeÕs mysteries; that we separate, we join with others, we separate, continually evolving as we move towards the marriage of our masculine and feminine selves in our soulsÕ eternal quest to become one.

Until next time, smile often, hug hugely, Love well.

ÔBe friends with your burning. Burn up your thinking and your forms of expression. Those who pay attention to ways of behaving and talking are one sortÑLovers who burn are another. The Love religion has no code or doctrineÑonly godÉÕ (Rumi)

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