I’ve been delving deep into the history and origin of the Tarot, and one of my interesting findings relates to twin flames. The soul journey is depicted in the major arcana, and part of it focuses on divine union and counterparts. Some of the cards are very significant in this journey to reuniting with a divine counterpart (a twin flame), and they’d be great cards to get in any twin flame tarot reading.
In this article, I give an analysis of four cards:
- The Lovers
- The Sun
- The Star
- Judgement
I will also give a comparison of these cards in four different decks:
- The Rider-Waite Tarot
- Tarot de Marseille
- Symbolic Tarot of Wirth
- The Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot
Scroll down to see the images and analysis of these cards and decks as they pertain to twin flame tarot readings.
Some History
Before I explain the cards, I’d like to summarize some ancient philosophy contained in the Tarot deck. Seemingly innocent, the cards signify great spiritual truths. According to Hermetic and Kabbalistic tradition, the soul must descend into physical existence as a human on Earth. It does this by dividing into two parts: masculine and feminine.
The soul’s original state is androgynous and whole. When it divides into two, its counterparts spend their many lifetimes incarnated on Earth on a spiritual journey toward enlightenment (ascension). One of the most important milestones of this journey is to find their divine counterpart again and to ascend together back to the non-physical planes.
I found this wisdom in some books about the Tarot and studies of Hermetic philosophy. If you want to find out more, I recommend reading The Sacred Tarot by C. C. Zain, The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus by the Editors of the Shrine of Wisdom, and The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus.
Watch this video that explains more:
/media/2a8e0a3c9365ceb7e1c32da299c4f97aMy recent YouTube video: Twin Flames & Tarot: Significant Cards and Ancient Origins
The Lovers
This is a great card to get in any love reading for obvious reasons. In the modern Rider-Waite deck, as shown in picture 1 (below), there is a distinct connection to the story of Adam and Eve. You can see a serpent in an apple tree and a man and a woman, naked, being watched over by an angel. Adam and Eve are great symbols of the twin flame journey, as they are the archetypes of the soul division I described in the previous section. They are divine counterparts.
However, when I began to study the Tarot, I discovered that in older depictions of this archetype (such as the Renaissance-era decks, Tarot of Wirth and the Tarot de Marseille, shown in picture 1 below), something very different is happening. Instead of Adam and Eve, we see a central subject being spoken to by two characters — one pure, the other impure. This symbolizes the temptation to act from a place of selfishness versus doing the right thing.
It is the equivalent of the common idea of a devil sitting on your left shoulder and an angel sitting on your right, both whispering in your ear to tell you how to act.
We’re all constantly undergoing these inner dilemmas about situations and personal decisions. It’s a classic internal battle between right and wrong. Perhaps some of our choices are seen as wrong in the eyes of the angels, but they aren’t obviously “wrong” in the eyes of human society. When we don’t choose to pursue our spiritual alignment or take the path of highest good, we are betraying ourselves and the universe.
Although Cupid hangs above the heads of these figures in the two Renaissance-era cards, in the Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot Deck, there is something different happening. It’s a much older depiction of the same card that shows an archer of a different character. The bow and arrow signify straight-shooting and knowing the right way to go, despite temptations to go another way. This is why, in the Egyptian deck, this card is called “The Two Paths” instead of “The Lovers”. It is a representation of the subject’s inner ability to choose the right path.
My Reading: If I get The Lovers card in a twin flame reading from the Rider-Waite deck, I usually interpret it as a sign of a twin flame connection. However, if it comes up in one of the other decks shown in the photo above, I will interpret it as a sign that there is confusion about the right path to take or a naive muddling of basic morality. This could mean that the actions taken by the subject or their twin flame are not right in the eyes of the universe. Their egos are taking over.
A classic example would be when a twin flame chooses a different relationship with someone who doesn’t challenge them to self-reflect and change, thus taking the easier path, even when they know it’s not for their highest good.
The Sun
After reading about the ancient Tarot, I realized that the Sun card is the ultimate “twin flame union” card. That’s because in the ancient Egyptian Tarot, it was about coming into perfect partnership with your divine counterpart, and therefore, coming into divine union with the universe. It’s about finding harmony with another human being and also with the rest of creation, which is the real goal of the soul journey.
In picture 2 below, you can compare the Sun card from the different decks I mentioned earlier. The Brotherhood of Light Egyptian Tarot depicts a man and a woman holding hands, and in the full illumination of the sun. In the Symbolic Tarot of Wirth, the image is very similar. Clearly, Oswald Wirth drew inspiration from ancient ideas of Tarot.
For some reason, in the Tarot de Marseille, created around the 17th and 18th centuries, the two people begin to look like children, and they appear to both be masculine. I have no explanation for this. It appears that this was the inspiration for Rider and Waite when they created their deck in the 1910s, because the Rider-Waite Tarot seems to depict this archetype as a single child riding a horse — an image that is wildly different from the ancient ideas.
As a result, people in modern times who are reading tarot cards may not know that The Sun is about divine union. It is often characterized as a good card to get in a reading, but not usually interpreted as anything to do with two people coming together. In a love reading, this is a great card to get!
My Reading: In a twin flame tarot reading, this card would undoubtedly signify twin flame union. It is literally what the ancient Egyptians meant by this archetypal image. They may have used different terminology, but the card is ultimately about coming into union with a twin flame. It would depend on the context of the other cards in the reading, but I would not hold back in giving the subject a message that their twin flame is able to be in a harmonious relationship with them soon.
The Star
This card is usually interpreted as symbolic of hope and renewed faith. In any reading, this is a good card to get. It is all about the point in the soul’s journey when things start to make sense again after a rough period. Perhaps there has been a “dark night of the soul”, and now it’s subsiding. In a twin flame reading, it’s a great card to get if you’ve been losing hope.
On every depiction of this card from the decks I’ve been showing you, there is a naked woman pouring two pitchers of water out next to a stream. Stars twinkle above her head. (See picture 3 below) Every aspect of this card has a deep meaning, and I will only mention one of them here: the pitchers.
In the Egyptian deck and the Rider-Waite deck, the woman is pouring one pitcher onto the land and the other into the water. In the other two decks, she is pouring them both into the water. This is curious, since there is a great esoteric meaning to be had here.
By pouring the water onto land and water, she shows that she has become a master of the two elements found on Earth — she has learned to work with physical reality to regain hope and create a meaningful life. She pours herself out into the world as an effective component of it, participating in the collective of universal creation. She is naked to symbolize her innocence and willingness to bear her truth to the universe. She has nothing to hide from the world, and at the same time, she is able to work with the universe to co-create.
My Reading: If this card comes out in a twin flame reading, I take it to mean that hope is renewed. The divine counterpart is coming back. There’s reason to believe in miracles again. An alternative meaning is that on the journey, the person has learned important soul lessons to be able to manifest their dreams. They’ve learned to co-create with the universe by becoming one with it. This is an expansive and beautiful card to get in any reading.
Judgement
At the end of the world, Judgement Day begins. That’s what this card is based on, although its roots go beyond those of modern religions. The main idea of this card is a resurrection. Something is being brought back to life. An idea or situation from the past is coming back!
Naturally, in a twin flame reading, this can mean very good things if the person is currently in the separation phase with their twin flame.
On the cards in picture 4 below, the themes appear to be largely the same. They haven’t been morphed or fixed over time. The archetype of Judgement Day is preserved in each deck. You can see there is an angel who blows a horn to herald the end of the world and the beginning of Judgement. People are brought back from the dead — naked, bearing their souls. (I like the mummies in the Egyptian deck the best!)
One may also interpret this card as a judgment of the soul’s worth or a person’s character. The universe can see all of the right and wrong deeds you’ve done, and in the end, you can’t escape the responsibility of the choices you’ve made. On the soul’s learning journey, this is the point when they must face the result of all of their actions, even when done in ignorance before they were awakened to spiritual truths.
My Reading: In any tarot reading, the Judgement card should be taken as a sign that something or someone is coming back. For a twin flame, the relationship may begin again, or there could be something from the past that needs to be settled. Whatever was thought to be dead is alive again. Something that may have been done in anger or fear could now come back to haunt you. It’s a reckoning, but it’s good, because the air must be cleared before the next step of the soul journey.
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