Where It All Began | The Story Behind the Design
The Lovers Tarot is where a great deal of what we make today began.
The classic meaning of the card is union. Alignment. The moment of conscious choice when two people decide on each other completely and without reservation. It is not just romantic love, it is the choosing. The full awareness of another person and the decision to say yes anyway. We mirror that in everything we put into this collection.
From The Lovers came something we did not entirely expect. The design evolved, the skeleton lovers emerged, and 'Til Death Do Us Part was born. A new interpretation of the original card, darker and more dramatic, that has since become part of thousands of weddings across the world. We are so proud of that. But this is where it started. The original lovers. And we love that it still stands entirely on its own.
The Lovers Tarot has also inspired the wider tarot-focused collections you will find across the Birdhouse197 catalogue, each one taking direct inspiration from the classic deck and reinterpreting it in our own voice. If you want to explore further, The Cups Tarot and The Emperor & The Empress both grew from the same tradition.
