The Lovers Soul Meditation

I entered through the gate into this tarot card Soul Meditation to find myself in a lush, beautiful garden.  Lilac scent was in the air, flowers brightly colored all around, as well as fruit trees, buzzing insects and flitting birds.  Lilacs are my favorite flower so I inhaled deeply as I gazed around the garden.  I saw a man and a woman leaning against a tree trunk, their naked bodies uninhibited in a sensual snuggle. They were the picture of contentment, eating apples and petting a snake which slithered around them.  When I came closer they both stood and I clasped one hand with each of them so we formed a small circle.  I felt a touch immediately upon my chest over my heart and then another at my throat under my chin.  

Easily, I slipped first into the experience of the man and then moved on to the woman's perspective.  I felt total perfection inside each, harmony between physical body and spirit.   Simultaneously, I gazed upon the perfection of the other and see-sawed rapidly between these view points.  First, I felt whole as a man gazing upon the perfection of a woman, and then switched rapidly to seeing the perfection of man through the eyes of a woman content in her body.  The flickering perspective made me dizzy and I quickly stepped back to my own body. The woman and man told me that I had to overcome this back and forth motion, this push and pull between the duality of masculine and feminine, body and spirit, inner and outer experience, etc. Instead I need to learn to integrate the masculine and the feminine into my being at the same time.  Our life experience is based entirely upon this duality, as we are unable to define a thing without pointing out its opposite. I can learn to do this naturally, but it will only come with time and practice.

Still with our hands clasped, we three looked up at the archangel Rafael.  He stood above us on a cloud, almost technicolor in a constantly moving swirl of light and darkness.  I heard them each tell me in turn: "Your heart is open."  I felt the alignment between my thoughts and actions with my heart.  I felt deeply connected to my heart and fully allowed to be me.  Then the woman knelt down and picked up another apple off the ground.  She gave it to me as a symbol of the wisdom I seek to make good use of the openness of my heart.  I felt that time will bring the knowledge and experience that I seek.  I left the garden feeling beautiful and alive.  I really liked it there :), especially the surrounding views of mountains, the lilacs, and the supernatural view into the realm of angels above. I will grow to integrate the duality of my existence, accepting and using all the aspects of my nature in order to fulfill my life's purpose.

This meditation helped me understand the traditional meaning of "developing a personal values and a personal belief system" that is often used to interpret The Lovers card.  The Lovers is about much more than just the love between two partners, but also the very basis of love and understanding the forms between the dual parts of ourselves.