5       CHAPEL OF LOVE              

KEY CONCEPTS:  union, relationship, attraction, love, partnership, lust, beauty, wedding, happy outcome. (Corresponds to Lovers)

MESSAGE:  Dearly Beloved, today these two travelers arrived at the Chapel of Love, ready to dedicate themselves to a bright, shared future.  They promise forever to love, honor and cherish one another...and when you draw this card, prepare to celebrate a union.  Whether lusty attraction or lifelong alliance, affairs of the heart are at hand, dear traveler.  Marriage rites weave potent spells of romance for many, who dream only as far as the wedding celebration.  With symbolic union as their pinnacle, they act as if the wedding day itself ends their romantic journey. A fancy ceremony signals closure of the courting phase, but the marriage has only just begun.  Love takes time and commitment. In the presence of these qualities it blossoms like a velvety bed of fragrant roses, but here’s the thorn:  your significant other will not stay unchanged over time. He or she could lose any or every feature that initially attracted you; it’s startling how much you also will transform on the long, winding path ’til death do you part. 

Do everything through your love of Spirit, not just out of love for your partner.  When Infinite Love enters your union, it rises to Divine levels.  Keep the honeymoon endlessly shining by releasing one another from condemnation.  Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?  When conflict arises, race to be first to apologize for misunderstandings.  Don’t assume the clash was purposeful or the fault of either party; love burgeons in the absence of blame.

Any devoted alliance demands continual forgiveness.  We must restructure our views to accommodate our spouse’s development. When we build a firm foundation of trust, it enhances connection every mile.  Love endures endlessly:  today’s happiness serves up but a tiny slice of the whole wedding cake. Love with more than mere words; love with action in constant realization of our Infinite nature.  Pick up his dirty socks without a peep.  Offer her a hug in place of a jibe, whether she “deserves” it or not.  Perfect love never punishes; it dissolves fear.  Do you love each other enough to let selfish expectations and demands disperse?  Let the Divine demonstrate perfect union through yours.

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