the lovers card..

i've been drawing the lovers and/ or the two of cups for myself in most of my readings. i usually try single card or 3 card readings, and interestingly i find this card in most of my readings, even when the question is not even remotely related to love or relationship. im kind of curious..

its only recently i started getting online tarot readings for myself though(since a month or maybe two months)..


to me the lovers card describes just ...LOVE!

I'm learning reading the tarot but to draw the lovers and the two of cups would indicate to me choice between lovers or a very intense relationship more likely to be the latter especially if you get the three of cups as well
the lovers on there own to me would not indicate love but a choice/decision concerned with a loved one  that as to be made hope this helps or will someone correct me if I'm wrong please

always ready to listen and learn

chrisdee..

thanks. i thought the lovers and the two of cups meant the same thing.
is the two of cups a more intense card, because the cups show emotions?

my readings may not be accurate, because they were online, but, regardless..
if it means a choice between the lovers or an intense relationship, i would choose the lovers. i'm not ready for an intense relationship, yet.

gem,

i take the literal meaning for the cards and read the obvious from the pictures. i'm yet to learn to find deeper meanings in the cards.

what confuses me, is that different decks show different pictures. and if each picture is describing something different from the other, then the same card from two different decks could mean two different things. two different interpretations for the same card?!?!!?

Hi Star
the two of cups on its own could mean the beginning of true love or a platonic friendship you need to read the cards together to get the meaning  

If you look back in the posts say at the fool all the picture's there are of different cards but looking at the cards individually you can get nearly the same meaning from each.  The meanings i get from the Celestial deck i think closely match that of the Rider-waite but looking at the pictures they are so different  
I know your question was posted for Gem but i thought id give you my thoughts as well if that's OK.  Gem can correct me when I'm thinking along the wrong lines this way