Sharing the same Birth Card is a unique experience. It means, first of all,
that you are very much
alike in some important ways. You may not even be that aware of how much
you are alike because it feels so natural to be together. Many people with
this connection tend to focus on the ways they are different, probably
because each needs to feel some sense of their individuality in a
relationship where there really is a lot that is the same between them.
Whether or not you think you have a lot in common, this
connection guarantees you do. Not only that, but the things you have
in common are very basic and essential to your natures. One of you may have some
personality traits that are different from the other, especially if you are
born on different days of the year. But at a soul level, you each have a
similar identity and a similar pattern to your life. This essential
similarity lends itself to several characteristics that are or will be
apparent in your relationship.
The first and foremost quality of this connection is that it helps
you feel a greater degree of intimacy than most people are
capable of. There can be a sense of 'sameness' and unity that makes you both
feel and think that this is the way a relationship should be. This could be
compared to people who are twins to some degree. Much in the same way that
twins can feel each other's feelings and read each other's minds, you are likely to be connected
psychically and mentally. Greater depths of intimacy and union are possible in this relationship.
This relationship has a very powerful element of 'mirroring' to it.
If you share the same birth card, you have a lot of the same kinds of life lessons, talents,
abilities, and essential natures. However, one of you may be at a completely
different stage of evolution with regards to the challenges and lessons
associated with your Birth Card than the other person.
To understand this completely, one must first realize that every
card in the deck has many levels of manifestation, some of a higher nature
and some of the lower side. Each person is on an evolutionary path towards
realizing the spectrum of life experience and may choose, at any time, to
manifest the higher or lower qualities of their Birth Card. Through life
experiences, everyone gradually refines their expression towards the higher
side, but everyone always has the seeds of all the levels within them.
Thus, you may have the same card, but may be at
entirely different places in your personal path towards realizing the full
potential of your Birth Card.
What happens in this case is that the partners become mirrors of each other,
and often, each will reflect the
unfinished or unresolved parts of the other. Having a mirror in front of us
tends to accelerate our growth, causing us to look, time and time again, at
aspects of ourselves that we may normally ignore or not want to see. You can
bet that you are strong mirrors of each other. Since this is
the case, much of the success of this relationship depends upon how much
you are aware of your similarities and how able and willing
you are to accept each other as you are. As different as the other person may
seem at times, the truth is that you each are identical in some very
essential and meaningful areas.
All relationships are mirrors to a large extent. But having the same
Birth Card is an intensified experience of this quality. If you
are really drawn to be together, or if you have already been together for a
number of years, it is a sure bet that your most important lesson in being
together was to learn to increase your ability to love yourself. The magic
of this connection is that if you can learn to accept each
other completely, and to experience a state of divine union. This is what we might call 'soul mate
potential'.
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