Love and the minor arcana

✨ Love & the Ones (Aces): the spark ✨

Aces in love are beginnings.

Chemistry. Curiosity. That moment when something clicks.

✨ Ace of Cups — emotional openness, new love, the heart cracking open.

✨ Ace of Pentacles — a relationship with real potential, something stable and tangible.

✨ Ace of Wands — passion, desire, attraction you can’t ignore.

✨ Ace of Swords — clarity, honest conversations, truth cutting through confusion.

Aces ask:

Are you open to starting again?

And are you willing to receive what’s being offered?

✨ Love & the Twos: choosing each other ✨

Twos are about awareness in connection.

This is where love becomes mutual — or reveals where balance is missing.

✨ Two of Cups — emotional reciprocity, equal give and take.

✨ Two of Pentacles — juggling love with life, priorities being tested.

✨ Two of Wands — considering a future together, wondering what’s next.

✨ Two of Swords — emotional walls, avoidance, refusing to choose.

Twos ask:

Are you choosing from alignment… or fear?

✨ Love & the Threes: expression & truth ✨

Threes bring emotion into motion.

Connection deepens — or cracks begin to show.

✨ Three of Cups — joy, friendship, shared happiness.

✨ Three of Pentacles — building something real together.

✨ Three of Wands — growth, long-distance love, waiting for what’s unfolding.

✨ Three of Swords — heartbreak, third-party energy, truth that hurts but heals.

Threes ask:

What needs to be expressed — even if it’s uncomfortable?

✨ Love & the Fours: foundations & boundaries ✨

Fours want stability.

But sometimes comfort becomes control.

✨ Four of Cups — emotional withdrawal, disinterest, missed opportunities.

✨ Four of Pentacles — possessiveness, fear of loss, holding on too tightly.

✨ Four of Wands — commitment, harmony, feeling at home together.

✨ Four of Swords — needing space, healing, emotional rest.

Fours ask:

Is this safe — or just familiar?

✨ Love & the Fives: growing pains ✨

Fives bring friction.

Love being tested, not ended.

✨ Five of Cups — grief, regret, focusing on what went wrong.

✨ Five of Pentacles — emotional abandonment, feeling unsupported.

✨ Five of Wands — conflict, mixed signals, power struggles.

✨ Five of Swords — winning arguments, losing connection.

Fives ask:

What is this relationship teaching you about yourself?

✨ Love & the Sixes: healing & harmony ✨

Sixes soften the edges.

They bring peace after chaos.

✨ Six of Cups — past love, soul ties, familiar energy.

✨ Six of Pentacles — mutual effort, healthy give and take.

✨ Six of Wands — feeling chosen, celebrated, seen.

✨ Six of Swords — moving on together… or apart.

Sixes ask:

Does this feel lighter?

✨ Love & the Sevens: honesty required ✨

Sevens ask you to look deeper.

No illusions. No avoidance.

✨ Seven of Cups — confusion, fantasy, unrealistic expectations.

✨ Seven of Pentacles — waiting, patience, questioning the investment.

✨ Seven of Wands — defending the relationship, standing firm.

✨ Seven of Swords — secrecy, betrayal, emotional dishonesty.

Sevens ask:

What truth are you avoiding?

✨ Love & the Eights: commitment or release ✨

Eights demand action.

You can’t stay stagnant here.

✨ Eight of Cups — walking away, emotional maturity.

✨ Eight of Pentacles — putting in the work, choosing growth.

✨ Eight of Wands — fast-moving romance, sudden communication.

✨ Eight of Swords — feeling trapped, fear-based thinking.

Eights ask:

Are you choosing love… or comfort?

✨ Love & the Nines: emotional maturity ✨

Nines reflect self-awareness.

Love that knows itself.

✨ Nine of Cups — emotional satisfaction, desires fulfilled.

✨ Nine of Pentacles — independence within love.

✨ Nine of Wands — guarded hearts, perseverance.

✨ Nine of Swords — anxiety, overthinking, sleepless nights.

Nines ask:

Are you loving from wholeness?

✨ Love & the Tens: completion & destiny ✨

Tens are the outcome.

The truth of the connection.

✨ Ten of Cups — emotional fulfillment, lasting love.

✨ Ten of Pentacles — long-term commitment, family, legacy.

✨ Ten of Wands — emotional burnout, carrying too much alone.

✨ Ten of Swords — painful endings, final closure.

Tens ask:

Is this love meant to continue… or conclude?