I had been married twelve years when I met my soul mate (or maybe my wife would prefer I use the term "soul sister"). I'm still happily married, and my wife and soul sister get along very well. In fact my wife and I are going down to San Francisco next March for my soul sister's wedding. What can I say? My life doesn't get boring... ;)
Anyway. Soul mates/siblings are people whose souls vibrate in a resonance that harmonizes with your own. That may be because you have connected in past lives, or for other reasons. But remember, as you grow and change, the vibrations of your soul change, too, so someone who is a perfect soul mate may be a casual friend at best a few years later, or vice versa. In other words, just because someone is your soul mate doesn't mean he or she will make a good spouse. And you may have lots of soul mates here and there in the world. In fact, you probably do. Our souls are like jigsaw puzzle pieces. This person may fit with us on one side, but some other person may fit on another side, and then there's this guy who fits over here. Each person who really fits us helps us to see our true shape--we never really know it until we fit it to someone else. So the more different soul mates you meet and connect with, the more sides of yourself you discover. The best thing for a soul mate or a spouse to do is "mirror" you, to show you that he or she sees you as you really are, and totally accepts what he or she sees. (To avoid plagiarism, I got the part about mirroring from a psychology book called Primal Wound by Firman & Gila--my soul mate told me about it).
You might marry (and marry well) when you are 26, or maybe at a younger age, and maybe older, or never. Good psychics can and do predict the future. I usually use Tarot for that kind of work, and when I really need to know something about the future (my own or someone else's), or more often what would be a good choice or path right now in the present, if I do the work carefully and honor it and don't hurry, it usually works. I've tried predicting the future for people, but I'm usually pretty reluctant to do that. It isn't because I'm afraid it won't work. But rather because it can mess people up. It's too easy for people to get their heads wrapped around the prediction, maybe even call it their "destiny," and mess it up by trying too hard to make it happen, instead of just letting it happen in its own way. I guess what I'm saying is if you trust yourself and trust the Universe (whether you call the Divinity of the Universe God, Goddess, or something else), then don't worry about predictions. You wouldn't want someone to tell you the end of a movie you are watching. It spoils it. It's the same with this. You are living the great artwork and drama of your own life. You are the author, producer, director, and moviestar of your own life. Make the story what you will. There is such a thing as Fate, surely. But you can neither make it happen nor prevent it, nor know until it happens whether the prediction is true (or perhaps is true in a way you didn't expect--classical mythology is full of those kind of double-meaning tricky predictions and prophesies). So relax, and work on being true to yourself and being able to reveal your true self wherever you go, just being yourself. That way, anyone who is your soul mate will have a chance to see your soul when they meet you, and realize that it fits their own.
Blessings,
Alder
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