a valentine for you

This Valentine’s Day, I invite you to experience a free Lover’s Path tarot reading over at Tarot Goddess, my website devoted to all things tarot. The Lover’s Path (the spread, not the tarot deck) is intended for times when a romantic relationship requires deep examination — perfect for Valentine’s Day!

Besides offering romantic advice, the Lover’s Path tarot reading studies the relationship on four levels, mirroring the elemental areas of water, fire, air, and earth. The thirteen cards chosen offers a complex picture of the relationship as it is at that moment, providing food for thought.

I created this tarot spread for inclusion in the book that accompanies The Lover’s Path Tarot. I hope you enjoy it on this most romantic of holidays!

And, if you’re interested, here’s a little background about Valentine’s Day (I think this comes from Wikipedia, though I’m not 100% sure):

“Legend has it that the word Valentine was born of events that occurred in third century Rome. During this time, Rome was ruled by the war-hungry Emperor Claudius the second. Apparently, Claudius was having a difficult time getting men to join the military and believed they weren’t doing so because they didn’t want to leave girlfriends and families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. A few priests, however, continued to marry couples in secret. One of these priests was St. Valentine. Of course, Claudius found out and ordered Valentine to be beaten with clubs and have his head cut off.

While St. Valentine was in prison, people threw flowers and notes up to his window to let him know that they, too, believed in love. One visitor, the daughter of a prison guard, visited Valentine in his cell quite frequently. It is said that the two would talk for hours and she helped keep his spirits up. Before Valentine died, he left this girl a note thanking her for her friendship and signed it, “Love from your Valentine.” That note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine’s Day. It was written on the day Valentine lost his head, which folklore claims as February 14th, 269 A.D.”

I hope your Valentine’s Day is considerably happier than the one experienced by St. Valentine’s!

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