Meaning of Separation in Cupid’s Oracle of Love

Card no. 18

Love is a feeling that must constantly be kept awake if we do not want to see it dwindle. This takes a great deal of energy and above all efforts towards one’s partner so that the relationship does not turn sour. And unfortunately it happens that this situation, made of compromises and concessions, may prove more tiring than anything else and that the feeling of love disappears radically. Then comes the desire, for one of the partners or for both, to reach the point of separation. Many couples pay the price for it, because it is a very difficult moment to go through, but one which is inevitable when feelings have worn thin in the face of the routine of daily life.

When love is no longer there, there is no point in forcing things, you have to break the ties and regain your freedom. There is admittedly a great deal of suffering during a separation, for the person who endures it but also for the one who is behind it, yet you must above all not consider this fact as a failure, but rather as the end of an experience that was enriching, leading to a kind of renewal. Besides, there are couples who separate and who remain on very good terms while each one embarks on a new love life.

To depict the separation of a couple, this card does not beat about the bush. Thus, it places us before the drawing of a rope of thick appearance, which breaks in 2 at a spot where the threads that were bound together seem thoroughly weakened. The break is therefore clean and without any ambiguity, the rope is snapped into 2 pieces now distinct from one another. To underline this notion of tearing apart, the background of the card is a scarlet red colour, reminding us how much the tensions within a couple can be filled with anger and violent excesses. This card is linked to the number 18, which leads us to the figure 9, which in numerology embodies everything that comes to an end.

Keywords: Tensions – Completion – Dwindling – Wear – Break – Breakup