Tarot and Sexuality
Sexuality is all over the tarot. Lets face it, tarot readings are for adults. The main subjects in a reading revolve
around relationships, money, work, and travel. Clients want to know about their love life in particular, and
sometimes the questions are direct.
The Tarot for sexuality
The Major Arcana are the best for exploring sexuality, particularly when combined with several courts who
may represent the client and the person they are interested in.
As in every tarot reading, context is paramount. For some women, knowing that they are going to meet a
gentleman friend is as far as the reader needs to go. Others want more details these are the ones that push
for information. I remember a woman in a new relationship asking about her lover. Most prominent was the
Devil, so I casually mentioned bondage her eyes lit up and misted over in reverie of her expectations.
This list is not exhaustive, nor is it guaranteed right in every situation. Some of the practices are illegal
depending on where you live. It is not the purpose of the tarot reader to advocate any of these practices
either.
The list is created entirely without any reference to the Tree of Life, using my imagination. I have not used all
the suggestions in a reading. I have not defined the divinatory meanings in terms of reversals it is up to you
to decide if you need reversals to fine tune your interpretation.
Fool
Magus
Losing virginity. A new lover
Reading or writing about sex.
who takes you to new levels
Letters, email, texting a lover.
of sexuality and spirituality.
Telephone sex. Bisexuality.
Going beyond ones sexual
Publishing a book on
experience into new areas.
sexuality.
New or original sexual
experiences. An exciting or
unpredictable lover.
High Priestess
The Empress
Fluctuations in sexual
Passionate indulgence. Sex
energy. Travelling long
for procreation, creativity, or
distance to meet a sexual
with a married or status
partner. Using intercourse to
woman. Pregnancy
explore spirituality.
Renunciation of sex.
Practicing abstinence.
The Emperor
Hierophant
Sex with an older partner, an
Sex within marriage or
employer, politician, military
teaching an inexperienced
person or status individual or
partner, or a religious person,
that involves domination or
priest, etc. Conventional,
strict rules. Dressing up in
unadventurous, perfunctory
uniform. Sexuality to gain
or passionless sex. Proposal
promotion. Laying down the
of marriage. Wife swapping.
law, or strict rules on
Religious advice on love and
sexuality. Parental advice
sexuality.
The Lovers
Chariot
Exploring between lovers.
Dominating or controlling.
Lovers who are very similar
Sex on some form of
in outlook, interests. Lovers
transport the Mile High
who are neighbors.
Club Sexual obsession with
Writing letters, emails, texting
a parent. Dogging.
or phoning a lover. Love
between siblings. News
about a lover.
Lust
The Hermit
A passionate love affair.
A secret lover. Masturbation.
Bestiality. Sex magick, with
Renunciation. A secret
royalty or to raise ones
passion or obsession for
status. Taking risks. An orgy
someone secrets. Feeling
alone. Affair with a work
colleague. Counselling.
Fortune
Adjustment
Sex for political gain with or
A legal marriage. Looking for
between politicians or a
an aesthetically pleasing or
wealthy or powerful person.
beautiful playmate. Sex with
A change in partner. A
a lawyer, solicitor, judge,
whirlwind romance.
older partner or foreigner.
The legal aspects of
sexuality. Divorce.
Demanding conjugal rights.
Finding a lover at a wedding
or legal establishment.
The Hanged
Man
Suffering in silence. An
abusive relationship.
Making sacrifices for a
partner. Fruitless waiting for
the desired person to come
into ones life. Loss. Death of
a partner. Abortion.
Death
Death of a partner An
intense relationship.
Sex for money or in secret
places.
Sexual disease. Discovering
secrets.
Art or
Temperance
Seeing sex as a higher or
spiritual calling or with a
Guru. Holiday romances, or
a foreign partner
Complicated sexual
relationships involving
several people. The inability
to manage or cope with a
The Tower
A dominating, violent,
oppressive, abusive or
disintegrating relationship.
Sex with someone in the
military. Discovering
shocking aspects to a
partners sexuality. Realising
a partner is not faithful.
Scandal in high places.
relationship. Filming or
photographing pornography.
The Devil
The Star
An intense or suffocating
Aspirational sex. Seeing
relationship.
someone as a friend and not
Bondage. A corporate or
a lover. Desiring a love affair
business love affair. The sex
with a friend or
industry. A brothel. Desire for
acquaintance. Cybersex.
domination or subjugation.
Unconventional relationships.
Being tied up.
Flirting. Finding a lover at a
Obsession with ones boss or
social event. An orgy.
superior.
Homosexuality. People with a
similar sexual outlook.
Fetishists. Fetish party
The Sun
The Moon
Sex with a rich or famous
Sexual fantasies or phobias.
person
Confusion about
relationships. Infidelity.
Ambiguous sexuality. Sexmagic.
Judgment or
Universe or
Aeon
World
Making a decisions on a
End of a love affair. Meeting
relationship. Inability to deal
ones desire.
with issues in a relationship.
The object of ones
obsession. Anal-sex.
Love affair on holiday or a
foreign country
Article Name
The Tarot and sexuality
Author
Paul Hughes-Barlow
