Yesterday I was browsing around our MSN homepage and I came across this tarot card compatibility meter thing. I'm not a big believer in horoscopes, and I know next to nothing about tarot cards, but since all you had to do was enter your birthday and that of your significant other, I gave it a whirl. Like I said, not a big believer, and yet, the results were surprisingly accurate. Matt and I both got the "high priestess" card (probably because we were born the same year). I have no idea what the high priestess stands for, but this is what it said:
Two peas in a pod describe this cozy and secure union where you both truly prefer being a twosome to being a solo unit. A natural ease and rapport exists as you virtually read each other's minds. Consideration and compromise come readily in this union where the priority will be on harmony. While peace reigns when two priestesses get together, making a decision or taking action can be an ordeal. The double yin energy creates a tendency for passivity, an all talk no action union. To move forward, it might pay to take turns playing the role of The One in Charge. Your challenge is to take the love you freely share with each other and translate it it into real world progress. After all, if you two had your way, you would spend your entire relationship snuggled under the blankets in a remote cabin getaway."
And though it's certainly a generalization, it's basically true. We do genuinely like being together. We've known each other forever, and we know each other so well that we definitely have a bit of a mind-meld going. We're not great at making decisions- we once drove around for a full hour trying to decide where to go out to dinner. But that mainly happens with the little, unimportant things. On the bigger, more important things, someone always takes on the role of "The One In Charge." (Sure, 99% of the time it's me, but he's okay with that.) And as for the whole remote cabin thing- well of course we would, our kids couldn't find us and bug us if we were hiding out in a remote mountain cabin! Since that's not really feasible, it mostly translates to "If you two had your way, you'd spend your entire relationship sitting on the couch after the kids were in bed watching bad reality television."
And while it's fairly true, no one would call it particularly exciting. But you know what? That's okay. Maybe it's not exciting, but it's comfortable, like a good pair of yoga pants. And let me tell you, there is nothing that I love more than yoga pants. Sure, you probably won't go on any big adventures in them. You won't have a wild night in the club in them. No one will think you're sexier than a supermodel in them. But nothing makes you feel more comfortable, more at home, more secure in your own skin than yoga pants. And while you can try on something else, and go do all those wild exciting things, at the end of the day where do you want to be? That's right. At home, on the couch, in front of bad tv, in your yoga pants.
So I'm beyond grateful for my comfortable, happy, harmonious, yoga pants marriage. Never in my life have I felt more loved, needed, and certain that I'm doing exactly what I was born to do. Truly, what more could you ask for? And if you want to try the tarot card reading yourself, here's the link:
I hope you have someone that fits you like your favorite pair of yoga pants. Or if that's not your style, the pair of jeans that makes your butt look great and makes you feel like a sexy beast. But stay away from anyone that fits you like sky-high stilettos- sure, it starts off super-hot, but it's going to be nothing but pain at the end!!
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