I cannot believe that I forgot to add the Fives after The Hierophant. I suppose the draw of Valentine's Day was so strong, I just skipped over the troublesome Fives and went right for the Lovers. Quite understandable, don't you think? So, now we consider the fives, representing change and instability and generally thought of as not fun at all. The Wands are taking quite an active part in creating and sustaining the unstable energy while the Swords are taking a defensive posture. These are both active suits but one is participating in fueling the fire, so to speak...while the other is adjusting to, assessing, and analyzing the new reality. In these, the passive suits, the

How very lucky that our peek at the Lovers comes on Valentine's Day? Traditionally, this card was called The Lover and showed a young man who looked as if he were choosing between two women...young and pretty or not-so-pretty but more well-to-do. Although now we call it the Lovers and speak of relationships, with others and with ourselves, we really aren't that far from the traditional consideration when you dig deeper. Whether you are choosing between potential life partners, trying to work out a relationship, or reconciling opposites within yourself, you are doing one thing: creating your character. For it is our choices and our actions based on those choices that determine who