Marriage
The reconciliation, interaction and union of opposites; relationship between the divinity and the world; the hieros gamos, the sacred marriage between god and goddess, priest and priestess, king and queen, representing the mystic union of heaven and earth, sun and moon, the solar bull and lunar cow, on which the vital forces of the sky and earth and the fertility of the cattle and crops depend. It also symbolizes spiritual union, attaining perfection and completion by the union of opposites in both life and death, each partner 'giving up' to the other, but with the death forming a new life. In alchemy it is the conjunctio, the union of sulphur and quicksilver, sun and moon, gold and silver, king and queen, etc. In Christianity it represents the union of the soul with the Divine Lover, Christ, the bridegroom. From: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols (J.C. Cooper)
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Bonnie & Clyde