She and he are responsible, sensible types whose romance comes with commitment

King of Swords
Queen of Wands, Six of Cups, Justice

Romantic Perspective:
He is a strong man who is giving the woman he marries flowers.
He (a responsible man) loves her, has children with her, is legally married to her.
Married man gives his legal wife flowers.
He, the manly man, gives the woman he will marry a romantic gift.
She and he are responsible, sensible types whose romance comes with commitment.
He legally marries his childhood sweetheart.
Military man’s wife is at home with the children.
He is a strong and romantic fellow to the woman he marries.
He loves the woman he married.
He loves the woman and will marry her.

Legal Perspective:
Military court gives the wife the children.
His wife’s children are legally his.
His legal rights to be with the children at the wife’s home.

Honest, I did not make this up.  In the center we have ‘Little Boy Gives Little Girl Flowers’ and on either side of it we have the two cards that in Rider Waite mean ‘wife’ and ‘legal,’ and over them all is the head-of-the-family strong manly man.  And the middle card means sweetheart, gift, romantic, home sweet home, sweet love, etc.  So any fool can sit around for an hour or so and make Valentine cards out of this spread!

Meanings and Illustrations:

Queen of Wands: She is the wife, a sensible woman, a woman in charge of the home or business.  A woman of character and responsibility.  The illustration shows her sitting erect next to a sunflower.

Six of Cups: The most romantic card in the Rider Waite Tarot deck’s repertoire shows two innocent children in front of a quaint home or apartment building, and the boy gives the girl a romantic gift of flowers.  Today it’s a Valentine present; sometimes it refers to a birthday present.  Childhood sweetheart comes from children being pictured in this romantic setting.  You understand this card’s meanings in your bones.

Justice: Today it picks up the card that in Rider Waite Tarot means ‘wife’ to make it ‘legal wife.’  Of course the main meanings to the Justice card are lawyers, police, judges, courts.  It also means ‘should.’

King of Swords: He is a disciplined man, a leader, a manly man, an adult, a grownup – also a military man.  The illustration shows a very erect tall man with a no-nonsense expression, his weapon at the ready.

Love has him in its sway, he changes quickly

Knight of Swords
Eight of Wands, Lovers, Six of Wands

Romantic Perspective:
All of a sudden, he is saying ‘I love you,’ just to please her.
A complete change has come over him, he is more and more your love partner.
Lover comes back telling you a story.
Under the influence of love, he suddenly has a lot to say.
Love has him in its sway, he changes quickly.
Talks to his lover to tempt her to change.
Talks to his partner to get her to come back.
All these changes have overcome him, he is in love.
He comes flying back, he heard his lover had another.
Lover who cheated changes his ways.
Cheater comes back saying ‘I love you’ over and over.
Under the influence of love, he takes back everything he said.
Incessantly calls to get you to reconnect with him.

Like I said before, today:  I am not making this up; this is what Tarot is saying for Valentine’s.  No business or other meanings to be had here!  The Lovers Tarot card is in the middle, as the romance card is in the middle of the previous spread.  To the left is ‘to say’ which also means ‘quickly’ or ‘fast,’ the Eight of Wands, and to the right is the Six of Wands that in Rider Waite means to be under the influence of someone else.  You can go on forever about him being in love with this quatrain.

Meanings and Illustrations:

Eight of Wands: The lines made by the sticks flying in the air indicate messages, talking, quickly, repetitive actions, and increasingly.

Lovers: Speaks for itself here on The Day, doesn’t it?  In our last sentence, its ‘connect’ meaning is expressed and ‘partner’ appears as well.

Six of Wands: This is a story of pretending to go along with someone else’s purposes in order to subvert them to your own, of being under the influence of something or someone – of love, in this case.  The illustration refers to the betrayal of King Richard of England.  A cheating lover comes into play in this set of cards.

Knight of Swords: Illustration shows a rider going at full speed, sword held high as if to strike. It means to rush headlong, It also means ‘to return to the former’ as in ‘to rush back.’