I GUESS YOU WONDER WHERE I’VE BEEN- A TAROT INTERPRETATION OF THE BOBBY CALDWELL SONG
By: Raul S
Tags: Romance, Heartbreak, Couples, Divorce, Love

Love and Romance — the Soul source of Tarot

I guess you wonder where I’ve been, a popular song of the 70s, composed by Bobby Caldwell for the superhit album ‘What you won’t do for love’ lyrics. I am sure you guys are wondering why am I taking this song for writing an article on Tarot cards.

Well! it is simple, as simple as the feeling of love itself, or rather as complex as love can be. I will try to answer the following questions with the help of Tarot cards.

1. Can Tarot deck influence some one’s romantic life?

2. How can Tarot help in kindling the feeling of love?

3. What is the comparison between the expression of love and physical attraction with respect to Tarot cards?

4. Can Heart break be deciphered through Tarot cards?

5. Can Tarot cards indicate a person falling in love multiple times?

6. What about repairing hearts? Can Tarot cards work as a doctor to two separated souls?

7. Is there really something like True love in this world?

But let us first see what Bobby Caldwell has to say in the song ‘What you won’t do for love.’’

I guess you wonder where I’ve been,

I searched to find a love within

I came back to let you know

Got a thing for you and I can’t let go’

So goes the first stanza of the song which will go in parallel to our discussion. So what is love? In Tarot culture, love is like the sixth sense common to all human beings. It is influenced by and influences the five senses of the body and mind. A person in love eagerly awaits to enjoy the sense of touch of the partner, yearns for the sight and scent. awaits for beloved soul’s intimacy to hear the voice, needless to talk about the sense of taste.

In Tarot culture, the deck with 78 cards is divided into two Arcana. The Major Arcana comprises of 22 cards and can be referred to as destiny cards while the Minor Arcana totals to 56 cards, which is 14 cards each of Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles, beginning from the Aces or the 1s going up to the Kings. The Minor Arcana can also be referred to as the ‘Karma cards’ or the destiny you create for yourself in the world.

MAJOR ARCANA — PERSONA TAROT CARDS

In my experience, each card of the Major and the Minor arcana has its own unique contribution while interpreting the romance life of an individual. If we start discussing the details, we may need write a whole book to do the same, which certainly is not the purpose of this article, so I will directly jump to the point.

The Lovers card is the 6th card in Major arcana. While there are multiple Tarot decks which have been created since their advent, in modern times, one of the most popular is the Rider-Waite tarot deck. The Love card below is taken from the same deck.

Attribution-By Pamela Coleman Smith — a 1909 card scanned by Holly Voley (http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/) for the public domain, and retrieved from http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot (see note on that page regarding source of images), PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31022146

Take a close look at the card, as every inch of the picture will tell you a story. The Number 6 of the card represents victory, achievement or accomplishment of a project. You can see the Garden which can represent the Garden of Eden, with the first human lovers namely Adam and Eve standing on the right and left sides respectively. Above them is the owner of the Garden.

Now let us interpret the love card appearing in the Deck, for a querent, who’s curious question is about his or her mate. I had mentioned earlier, the love card is a Destiny card and is indicative of your romance angle of life as a reflection of your persona. In Zodiac, it is represented by the Sign of Gemini but we are not taking astrology approach here.

A person, whose spread has this card in prominence in the spread, is indicative of his/her romantic nature. Such a person is always seeking and is generally successful in love. Finding a soul mate may not be very difficult however this kind of a persona is generally seen to be a sacrificing human being . He or she is always ready to please the partner, no matter what ever it takes, and could often end up spending a large amount of their material and emotional wealth to make their lover happy. Such people are used to loving from their heart. They are equally good and committed friends to have.

If the lover card comes upside during a reading, and is supported with other cards giving it further strength, you can trust your partner to be truthful and committed. Voila! problem solved. but what if the card comes façade reversed? but what about the innocent mistakes or a bad decision taken in love?

There is a possibility that the card comes reversed while querying about the partner. Well, they may not drastically change qualities of the love tarot card, we discussed above, but yes, your partner is likely to be more practical in approach. He or she are not likely to be driven by pure sensation of the heartbeat but are the ones who are likely to be delving in the physical aspect of romance. They are likely to get physically attracted first to their partner, while the chords of the heart begin vibrating much later on.

If the love card appears reverse, then it could be an indication to take good care of yourself in terms of pepping up your dressing and looks. Wear the kind of perfume, which is likely to attract your partner more than anything else. Try interesting things as you would need bring both of you close to each other for a longer duration, where you can make use of the other senses to come closer to the heart.

Heart break deciphered through Tarot cards.

Oops! this could be not something anybody would like to experience, but sometimes, the environmental factors are not under anyone’s control. What is taken as the feeling of love by one partner could be pure infatuation for the other. The Devil card in Tarot deck again has a man and a woman in picture, but this time, the power in the background is not an angel unlike the lovers card, but that of a devil.

Attribution By Pamela Coleman Smith — a 1909 card scanned by Holly Voley (http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/) for the public domain, and retrieved from http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot (see note on that page regarding source of images)., PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17299722

Take a look at the card from the Rider-Waite tarot deck and compare the the love card with this card. Love card is No 6 while the Devil card is No 15 which is 1+5=6, so both end up with the key no six here. So what what’s so great about it? Well, the point I am trying to make here is that if this card appears on a question related to romance, the aspect of heart break may take over. However- if you deeply observe this card, the man and the woman are loosely chained to each other. Does it mean that their union is purely due to physical attraction between each other, and once the fires of passion are dowsed, the chain will break!

The other aspect of this card appearing throws a possibility that only half of the story is known, the other half is still a unknown, this is very often a reason behind most confrontations between partners- a misunderstanding. A suggestion here if this card appears- spend time with your partner, discuss every point and do not get up before you reach to a consensus. Very often, the issue would be,

‘’ I don’t like the coffee you make’’

‘’you don’t love me any more’’

‘’ you love your job more than me’’

“ I am fed up of your cell phone ringing”

Such things could be sorted out and love be rekindled, I would suggest, go for a short lazy vacation where both of you can give a lot of time to each other.

‘I came back to let you know

Got a thing for you and I can’t let go’

Can Tarot card indicate a person falling in love multiple times?

Take a look at the star card. It may appear for the querent, trying to gain some insights on a broken relationship. You can see a lady staring at water, observe deeply to realize that she is also pouring water into the lake. I am sure you would have heard of the popular adage,’ No point crying over spilled milk’. Yes, it is time to look forward to more stars that adorn the sky. Time to forget the past and move ahead in life. The soul in despair- look at the reflection of shining stars in the water and realize, that there can be so many opportunities waiting. So it is actually not worth grumbling about the past. Time to move ahead. Life is beautiful.

Attribution- By Pamela Coleman Smith — a 1909 card scanned by Holly Voley (http://home.comcast.net/~vilex/) for the public domain, and retrieved from http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot (see note on that page regarding source of images)., PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17299744

Here I will also bring the concept of the Minor Arcana Cards especially the Cups. As I had mentioned earlier, each card in the Façade Tarot card reading spread matters. There are no specific cards on every subject, but some cards can have a higher influence, Cup cards being one of them. Another aspect of Tarot cards is that they were also used to play games historically, with the Minor Arcana being similar to the playing cards, the Cup cards can be related to the Hearts.

You are my world meme

Please see the card below. It is taken from the RW Tarot deck.

By Authorship: Arthur Edward Waite, Pamela Coleman Smith was the artist and worked as an artist 'for hire.' Waite was the copyright holder and he died in 1942. — This image scanned by Holly Voley, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35262362

TWO OF CUPS

Once again, we have a man and a woman exchanging the cups while looking into each other’s eyes. In between them are snakes, wings and Lion head. representing the heroism as well as danger involved in this bonding. Two of Cards is also a representative of sexual attraction, which also leads to bonding. It can also represent potential bonding of ideas, other than just bodies, making the union stronger. A reverse card here may lead to hurdles in a relationship, or un necessary interventions from the divisive forces which could be both from within or outside.

Three of Cups is an indicator of a third person entering this bond, so this card has to be carefully interpreted. It may indicate celebration out of the union in terms of child birth, however it may also indicate in certain cases a third person entering between the two spoiling the relationship, especially if the card appears reversed.

Can Tarot cards work to bandage two separated souls?

Tarot cards are a representation of a person’s Karma. They can provide an insight and direction if stuck up in a situation, however the efforts will be needed from the person concerned.

Another stanza from the Bobby Caldwell — What You Won’t Do For Love

‘Some people go around the world for love

But they may never find what they dream of’

Most of the people don’t know what they want from their partner, or perhaps that there is nothing like the term, ‘perfect partner’. You may go around the globe searching for one, later or sooner to realize that nothing’s perfect in this world. Such person, if you are, I really cannot help, or rather no one in the world will be able to help.

If you are aware what your are dreaming of, if you are clear in your mind the kind of soul mate or romance partner you are looking for but are unable to fill the gaps in life, you can look forward for some meditation on Tarot cards. Meditation in this case is nothing but strengthening your ‘Karma energies’, to help you reach closer to your goal. It is like empowering the spirit within you to achieve a goal, with I yes I can do it attitude and trust me it is very simple.

Tarot cards, though can be related with astrology involving complex calculations of planetary movements etc. which however needs to be interpreted by a knowledgeable person, the cards spreads are an indicator of your mind and soul. The cards appearing in the spread at the time of the question gives a lot of insight of the sate of your mind.

I am sure you would agree that every life is nothing but a ‘song’ spun around a soul with a body. Tarot cards work in a similar way. All the energies of love and romance lie within our soul. Positive thoughts in your mind instigate the positive side of the energy and negative thoughts impact the negative side. How often have you realized that you thought negative and the negative happened… almost all the time, right? Here, we will try to accelerate the positive energy of the mind using Tarot cards.

Meditation for love with the help of Tarot cards

Step1

Take the picture of a person you love, we will call him or her the significator. Keep the picture in your hands to warm it up.

Step 2

Take your own picture and place it on the left.

Step 3

Place the Major Arcana Lover card Upright in between. It would be still better if you can make the significator (right) and your picture (left) face each other with the love card in between the two. Speak out the name of your significator.

Step 4

Meditate at the love card and bring positive thoughts in your mind. Use this time to think of the romantic adventures you would like to have with the special person in your thought. It would be like day dreaming The most ideal time to do this is before going to bed in the night time.

Step 5

Once you are done with your mediation, you can light thirteen red candles around the spread such that each candles adds to the positive thought. The candles are just embellishments, to create an aura of romance lighting up the red color. It is not a compulsion. Remember we have to focus on the meditation part rather than making this a ritual.

A word of caution here is — do this meditation in good faith, never attempt to eye on some one’s partner as it will not work with a selfish motive.

Nine of Cups Tarot card.

This is also one of a good cards to get in a spread. It is so positive that it usually means to same whether it appears upright or reverse. This card can also be used to meditate on your positive wishes. You have to imagine of a celebration of success wherein every one is happy.

By Authorship: [Arthur Edward Waite], Pamela Coleman Smith was the artist and worked as an artist 'for hire.' Waite was the copyright holder and he died in 1942. — This image scanned by Holly Voley, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35262346

Is there something like true love in this world?

A very very common question which is put across in multiple discussions and forums.

The last lines of the song ‘I guess you wonder where I’ve been’ go like this

‘In my world, only you make me do for love what I would not do’

Tarot believes in the theory of Karma. It is the urge to achieve something which generates Karma factor within you. Tarot cards can become catalyst of a reaction but not the reaction. It is the vibes in your thoughts which transform into a song which gets reflected in the Tarot card spread.

Love is also a Karma, you will need to perform it diligently in order to experience its true benefits.

An important piece of advice comes from already discussed The Star card- ‘Never give up’

You may write back with your comments on my mail id yourlucktarot@gmail.com

RAUL

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