Card #28 — The Lover
“Love wide, love wild.”
The Lover card celebrates connection, passion, and devotion. It invites you to experience love in its rawest form—unbound, messy, radiant, and alive.
Message
Love is not meant to be boxed in by rules or fear. The Lover calls you to expand your heart, whether through romance, friendship, or self-love. When you love wide, you embrace diversity and allow others to be their true selves. When you love wild, you bring passion, play, and unapologetic truth into your connections.
This card also asks you to look at where you may be holding back. Do you hide parts of yourself out of fear of rejection? Do you only allow love in under certain conditions? The Lover reminds you that vulnerability is strength—and that intimacy, in all its forms, is a holy fire.
To love deeply is to live fully. Don’t water yourself down. Don’t ration out affection. Pour it wildly and let it return in kind.
Affirmation
I love with freedom, passion, and truth. My heart is wide open to give and receive.
Astrology & Symbolism
Element: Water & Fire (emotion + passion). Planetary ties: Venus (love, beauty) and Mars (desire, drive). Sign affinities: Libra (partnership), Taurus (sensuality), and Leo (romantic passion).