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Divinities: Haurvatāt, the Archangel of Wholeness and Perfection & Guardian of Water; Vāyu-Vāta, the yazatas of Atmosphere-Wind

Month: Xordād

Zodiacal Constellation: Gemini

Manthra:

To Haurvatât, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons and to the years, the masters of holiness.

haurvatâtô rathwô ýâiryayåsca hushitôish saredhaâibyô ashabe ratubyô. (Flowers, Original Magic, 93)

A card of great love. Card number six is The Lovers.

The Lovers card is ruled by the astrological sign Gemini, Latin for “the twins.” Corresponding with the third month of the Iranian calendar, Xordād, the month is named after Haurvatāt, one of the seven Amesha Spenta, the archangels of Zoroastrianism.  Represented by a circle, Haurvatāt is the embodiment of Wholeness and Perfection, and is associated with the element of water. Her symbolic offering, a cup, is seen being shared in a garden of roses and nightingales (the rose and nightingale are the allegorical lovers of Persian poetry). Hovering above them is Vāyu-Vāta, the dual-natured divinity of Atmosphere and Wind. Simultaneously benevolent and malevolent, Vāyu-Vāta was one of the helpers of Haurvatāt, indicating that with the right wind and atmosphere, wholeness and perfection are possible.

Divinatory Meaning: love, partnership, beauty, wholeness, perfection; also choices, decisions, duality

Written by Alaleh Mohajerani

Works Cited

Fine, Sinéad. “The Lovers.” Sinead Fine, n.d, https://sineadfine.com/tarot-card/the-lovers/

Flowers, Stephen E. The Magian Tarok: The Origins of the Tarot in the Mithraic and Hermetic Traditions. Inner Traditions, 2019.

Flowers, Stephen E. Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi. Inner Traditions, 2017.

”The Lovers (tarot card).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 February 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovers