The 3 Cards That Speak of Love in the Tarot of Marseille

Three major arcana in the Tarot of Marseille genuinely speak of love: Strength, the Star and the Sun. When one of them turns up in a spread, love is in play — and you know it straight away. Their absence says something too: it warns of a lack. Here is how to read each one, and what their silence means.

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What the Sun means in a love reading

The Sun is the love card par excellence. It is the star of daylight. It stands for the joy of living, human warmth, the flame that burns, the sincerity of feeling.

It announces a great love, a bright love that will be lived out in the open, in front of everyone. The Sun card shows two children, evoking union, the couple, and children as the fruit of love. When this card appears in a spread, love is there and you recognise it instantly.

For the card's full meaning: the Sun in the Tarot of Marseille.

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What the Star means in a love reading

This arcanum is a primary indicator of love. The Star card represents Venus, the planet of love. It stands for the hope of being happy in love, of loving and being loved in return. It announces an ideal love, steeped in romance and in dreams, but also the wish for motherhood.

The Star card shows a naked woman who aspires to live on love alone, to share a simple, natural happiness. When this card appears, love is present in the question you asked.

For the card's full meaning: the Star in the Tarot of Marseille.

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What Strength means in a love reading

This arcanum is an essential indicator of love. Strength represents the sign of Leo, whose ruling planet is the Sun. The card evokes the power to love, the force of feeling, the will to be happy — but also a strong, determined love that nothing stops.

Strength also stands for the solidity that carries a relationship, but equally for the contest of wills, physical force, and the violence of feeling. Of the three, it is the card that calls for the most nuance.

For the card's full meaning: Strength in the Tarot of Marseille.

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What if none of the three turns up?

This is the corollary people forget: if your spread brings out neither Strength, nor the Star, nor the Sun, the subject probably is not love — or love is not what is carrying the situation right now.

That is not bad news in itself. A spread without these three cards often speaks of something else: work on yourself, a material question, a bond that exists but is not a romantic one. Reading it then means listening to what the cards you did draw are saying, rather than hunting for what is missing.

If, on the other hand, you asked a plainly romantic question and none of the three comes, take the warning seriously: it points to a lack, a feeling that is not there yet, or one that has withdrawn.

Your questions about the love cards of the Tarot

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