Born the Same Day As My Honey - What Does It Mean?

Dear Lipstick Mystic,

The reason I wanted to write to you is because I just have to tell this interesting little story about me and my girlfriend. I met her at the restaurant I was working at. Immediately when I met her I could feel that she was the girl I wanted to be with for the rest of this life. We hit it off strong from the beginning and it gets better every day. What I find most interesting about us is that we have the same exact birthday. We were both born on July 31st, 1978 and this being our first birthday together we had a new moon. How often does that happen? I really love this girl and she loves me. In a spiritual way, I know that we are made for each other

My best wishes go to you and yours -- B.B.

Dear B. B,

Thanks for writing to me. That's neat that you and your honey have the same birthday. That is pretty rare. I've known a lot of people who have dated someone who shared their birth month but rarely the same birth date.

Since you and your honey were born on the same day, your spirits are aligned in a very special way. You were born under almost all of the same planetary influences - except for your rising sign, which will be different if you were born at different hours of the day.  That would be the only difference. But rising signs aren't really all that important in the larger scheme of a person's birth chart, because they only indicate the superficial you, not the inner you. They just determine your appearance, how you look to the outside world. I don't think rising signs are too significant. I prefer to focus on the "meat" of a person's chart - their Sun, moon, Mercury, and Venus signs.

Spirits who choose to be born on the same day share a linked sense of purpose. You and your honey probably have similar goals, an underlying feeling of having the same "mission" in life. Although you may pursue different careers, friendships, and hobbies, the "theme" of your lives will be similar. At first guess, based on your birth date of July 31st, I'd say that you both have very assertive and positive personalities. You probably both act as "cheerleaders" in the world, feeling that it is important to be an optimistic voice in a world that can too often appear dark. Sunny Leos have a wonderful spark.

People frequently ask me what it's like when two people are born on the same day, but they're usually asking about twins, not romantic partners who share the same birth date. So your situation is very interesting. Twins spend most of their time together as children, before they grow up and become adults. So the dynamic between them is different from the energy you feel with you and your girlfriend. The two of you have been drawn together as adults to experience something very special together.

Enjoy this unique relationship - it sounds like a joyful adventure!

-- Lipstick Mystic