I still choose The Star as my card, but I've also chosen to read the chapter on The Lovers for a second Jung and Tarot blog post.
What I don't like is that the book refers to a card that involves a man with two women which I hadn't seen before. In response to Nichols' question: "Who are these women? How does the Lover feel about each? Will he elope with one of them? If so, does he live happily ever after - or is there hell to pay?" I think one of the women is the man's mother and the other woman is his partner, or lover. Both women have their arm on him as if asking him to choose them, but the man has an arm in front of the woman on the right while he looks at the woman on the left. Cupid above points at the woman on the right. It's hard to decide who the man will choose. I think the end of the chapter sums up the questions asked by wondering if it is worth making a choice at all, but if he does make a choice he "must take himself with him."
The traditional card has two women with the man, which does seem kind of strange. I like your interpretation that one woman may be the man's mother. That we love our family but have to ultimately choose between how we were raised and how we relate to other adults.
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