Partners

From the Brady Tarot, the Two of Horns (Cups); from the Wisdom of the Forest, Guardian:

Two Laysan Albatrosses have formed a partnership for life. Whether based in business, marriage or friendship, unions bring people together for a common purpose. However, a partnership does not mean one consumes the other, meaning they must have the same viewpoints and do things exactly alike. Their differences can actually be an advantage, as it can help them adapt more readily to change. The Guardian card suggests what a good union does imply - that we have each other's backs. Whether one partner is going through a challenge or whether he or she needs to pulled out of illusion and back to reality, partners support and encourage each other with kindness.

No partner... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

~May Sarton