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\"Heart\"Welcome to the Samhain edition of the Tarot Blog Hop. Our wrangler, Alison, has elected to depart from the usual themes associated with this time of year and opted for the topic of “Love”. \u00a0Not for her the thinning of veils or pagan festivals and suchlike, but an entirely unrelated topic…or is it? \u00a0Love in the time of curcubits. What’s not to love? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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So what exactly is love? Love is when the veil is thinnest…no, wait, that’s Samhain …or perhaps I am thinking of Salome <cough>. (Sorry, Alison, couldn’t resist \ud83d\ude00<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Anyhow, so what is love? The usual stream of saccharine platitudes would have you believe that is is all kinds of fluffy stuff, but those are just the side effects of this particular drug. Stripped bare of the mushy sentimentality, we are talking about an addiction, pure and simple. Any or all of: chemical, emotional, physical and mental. In other words, the stamping ground of this chap…<\/p>\n

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The Devil, who else. As with all the Devil’s temptations, love has a seductive lure, promising euphoria, fulfilment and a happy ever after. But the greater the highs, the worse the lows and there is always a price to pay for your pleasure. (Come on, tell me that buying just one more must-have deck to feed your habit didn’t hurt \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Not convinced? Let’s look at the evidence:<\/p>\n