Five Question Friday

1. What is your favorite Halloween candy?

Reese Peanut Butter Cups, hands down. I could eat the entire bag!



2. Do you fold your socks?
Fold? Well, I do that thing where you pair them up, then fold one side of the sock over both pairs, so just the foot-part is sticking out. Is that considered folding?



3. What is something that you wish you had been warned about?
I'm like 99% sure this question has been asked before on 5-Q-F. Excuse me one moment while I check my previous postings.... Yep, here it is.


4. What is the most significant difference between you and your significant other?
That I am an optimist and he is a pessimist. And boy, does that difference drive me crazy! No matter the situation, I always try to look for the silver lining, the hidden meanings, reasons why it was fated to happen, and how I can deal with it in a positive manner. Whereas Hubs is just the opposite. For him, those same situations are always the end of the world as he knows it; he's gotta rant and rage, vent his feelings of frustration, hopelessness or helplessness, anger, fear. So for me, its kind of a double whammy: first I have to deal with the situation, then I have to deal with Hubs' reaction, try to calm him down.

You know, I did a tarot reading on the two of us one time, figured out what our Soul and Persona (personality) cards were. This is done by numbers, adding your birth year, month and date together to get the Persona number, then further reducing it by adding those numbers to get a single number, which is your Soul number. And get this...

Me: 1980 + 01 + 27 = 2008 = 2+0+0+8 = 10 = 1+0 = 1.
Tyler: 1977 + 08 + 23 = 2008 = 2+0+0+8 = 10 = 1+0 = 1.

So our Soul and Persona cards are exactly the same.

Our Persona card is 10, which is the Wheel of Fortune. Our Soul card is 1, the Magician.


MAGICIAN 1
(Also present are WHEEL OF FORTUNE 10 and SUN 19) [In our case, no Sun)


The soul of a MAGICIAN is independent, original, a leader, and a self-starter. The dynamic power and vitality of number 1 can be transformed to the highest healing alchemy using the magical tools of the MAGICIAN. Cultivate a path of spiritual development and study the magical arts. Maintain a positive attitude by valuing the many talents and abilities with which you were born.


With the personality cards of the SUN 19 [not us] and the WHEEL OF FORTUNE 10, this indicates a charmed life. This person will have the soul of the MAGICIAN who can work magic and make all will-powered events come true. Their personality shows the radiant success of the SUN after the ever-revolving WHEEL OF FORTUNE turns in their favour. Doors of opportunity can open easily because the SUN and the MAGICIAN have the power to make the best of any situation.

• magical strength; all endeavours that require willpower are manifested; a powerful person who can work magic and heal; human magic
• a very creative card, represents imagination, willpower, confidence, creative energy, communication, and skill; a card of words and action rather than contemplation, a call to confidence and self-expression; indicates travel and creative projects, communication and integrity; in spiritual context, card shows its time to put intuition and psychic abilities to good use
• the master of his own destiny and unafraid to act as he chooses. By setting specific and attainable goals, the Magician utilizes his great knowledge and wisdom to succeed where others have failed. Although, with such power comes great responsibility. The Magician must decide whether to act morally, or forsake ethics for personal gain.
• you are completely powerful and can manifest your goals; you are experiencing magical strength and can actualize your desires through your own creativity and will; you can have it all, you just need to see what lies before you

WHEEL OF FORTUNE 10

• expansion, good luck, fate; opportunity abounds; all is magically blessed and serendipitous; universal symbol of healing, change and transformation; wisdom gained from experience, changes, a new cycle, a progression, or a movement
• this card represents change in your life, so be ready for unexpected challenges to come your way and to experience life from all sides; as you seek and gain new knowledge, you can accept whatever life throws at you; anything is possible; fate is about to take a hand in your life
• can represent meeting your unconscious self, which may be the darker side of nature: the unconscious, a darker aspect of your personality or desires that you usually keep hidden; we get to know ourselves better

Now, the Magician (like all of us) is like two sides of a coin: good and bad, light and dark, yin and yang. Opposites. The Magician can use his power for good or bad, it depends on his personality, disposition, morals, etc. How this relates to me and Tyler, in my opinion, is that because of that difference (optimism and pessimism), my lighter view of the world and my place in it, the 'happy' thoughts that I project into the universe, returns to me in the same manner. (Being a Magician, I can actualize my desires through my own creativity and will.) Tyler, however, with his darker view of life, recieves just the opposite. Now I'm not saying that he is directly to blame for any misfortunes that befall him, of course there are outside influences that can alter the path his life takes (though, it is his choices and decisions, in reaction to those influences, that directs the path).


I guess what all my jibber-jabbering is trying to say, the point I'm trying to make, is that its all about karma, baby. What you project, your spiritual and emotional outlook, the choices and reactions made... it all influences your place in the universe and what is returned to you. In my opinion.

5. What are three words you would use to describe yourself?

Happy, funny, kind.