What Dakota Johnson & Lily Allen’s Tarot Says About Truth

Dakota Johnson, Lily Allen and the Tarot of Public Truth

When Dakota Johnson stepped from behind that sheer curtain to join Lily Allen on the Saturday Night Live stage, the moment carried more than showbiz sparkle. It echoed themes of betrayal, consent and emotional fallout that run through Lily Allen’s new music, transforming a musical performance into a living parable about truth and relationships.

In the song where Dakota Johnson appears as the character Madeline, a woman is confronted over a tangled situation involving a marriage and an affair. At the same time, Lily Allen has been openly weaving the end of her own marriage and the complications of non‑traditional relationships into her latest album. Even though some of those lyrics are written in character, the emotional current feels very real.

From a tarot perspective, this shared performance becomes a ritual on stage: Lily Allen turning pain into art, and Dakota Johnson embodying the other woman who seeks clarity rather than conflict. Together, they mirror powerful cards from the Major Arcana, asking us what we do when love, freedom and honesty collide in the public eye.

The Tarot of Betrayal, Consent and Complicated Love

The emotional core of Lily Allen’s performance, and the role Dakota Johnson plays within it, belongs to the realm of the Swords. When trust fractures and stories do not match, the energy of the Three of Swords is close by: heartbreak, piercing words, and the painful awareness that what we believed may never have been solid.

Yet the Madeline character, as performed by Dakota Johnson, brings in another influence: the need for clear, respectful boundaries. This speaks to the spirit of the Justice card from the Major Arcana. Justice is not only about punishment; it is about alignment between values, actions and agreements. In the story being sung, consent and honesty are at the center. Someone believed they were entering an open, transparent dynamic, only to suspect that the terms were not what they were told.

In our own lives, this kind of situation asks us to wield the sword of truth with care. Tarot reminds us that we can ask difficult questions without tearing ourselves apart. Justice, paired with the energy of Ace of Swords, invites us to speak clearly: What did we actually agree to? What was assumed rather than said? What must be clarified so that everyone involved is treated as a full human being, not just a supporting character in someone else’s romance?

From Heartbreak to Art: Turning Pain into Power

Lily Allen’s album, with its mix of fact and fiction, and her SNL appearance alongside Dakota Johnson, reveal a different layer of tarot wisdom: the alchemy of transforming personal crisis into creative expression. This is the work of Temperance and The Star.

Temperance blends extremes into something new. Lily Allen takes jealousy, disillusionment and the chaos of shifting relationship structures and pours them into lyrics that others can recognize themselves in. Instead of hiding her experience in the shadows, she filters it through art, the way Temperance pours water from one cup to another to soften what is too strong and awaken what has gone numb.

After heartbreak, The Star appears as a soft, steady light. It does not erase the past; it offers a way forward through honesty and self‑acceptance. Watching Lily Allen sing about her frustrations and confusion, and seeing Dakota Johnson embody the other side of the story, we witness this energy in motion. The performance says: I cannot change what happened, but I can choose how I tell the story, and in that telling, I find myself again.

For anyone facing the end of a relationship, or rethinking the meaning of commitment, these cards encourage a gentle question: How can you let your truth breathe in a form that heals you - through conversation, art, journaling or ritual - rather than carrying it silently as a private wound?

Fame, Masks and Who You Are Behind the Curtain

There is also something deeply symbolic in Dakota Johnson literally stepping out from behind a curtain on live television. On the surface it is a playful cameo; underneath, it echoes the journey of The High Priestess and The Moon. These cards speak of what is hidden, ambiguous or emotionally complex. In Lily Allen’s storytelling, there are layers: personal history, fictionalized narrative, public perception and private truth.

The High Priestess asks us to trust our inner knowing when outer facts feel slippery. The Moon reminds us that stories about love, open relationships and betrayal are rarely simple. Fame intensifies this, because as Dakota Johnson and Lily Allen show, you can be living real transformation while also performing a version of it for millions of people.

Tarot’s guidance here is subtle but powerful: do not confuse your role with your essence. Whether you are the partner, the ex, the lover, or the onlooker, you are more than the part you play in one chapter of someone else’s story. When you feel reduced to a label - victim, villain, savior, betrayer - The High Priestess invites you to step back into silence for a moment and listen. Who are you when no one is watching, when the stage lights are off and the curtain is closed?

In that quiet, beyond the noise of social media and other people’s opinions, you can sense a deeper script unfolding. It is here that transformation truly begins, far from the applause, but very close to your own heart.