yes, if the “lovers” symbol energy is already bound up in something else, and/or if there is another archetypal relationship that holds more power and more draw for these two, both enough to actually crowd out the call of “lovers” equilibrium
wow, precisely this.
I lean towards answering the poll "no" because I used to naively think the answer was much more like a simple "yes" and got a nice slap from the universe as a result
Oohh I like this. I think it also works if both people have sufficient access (with or without lovers) to the erotic parts of themselves they might otherwise believe they need someone of the friend’s [gender] to give them access to
Desperation for connection, not with a specific person, but with a certain type of person (ex: a woman, a man), is often proportional to how disconnected you feel from something you believe that type of person will grant you access to in yourself (ex: erotic energy, safety)
reading the bio of Florence Nightingale, and how deeply she mourns the death of Sidney Herbert, a politician she worked with. He was married, she unmarried, seemed it worked because they were both more invested in the aims of their work together than in a potential sexual rel.