Did you feel that?! The universe just shifted as two celestial bodies drew close to each other.

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These aren't just any celestial bodies, either. This ain't some grimy photo of Jupiter and Pluto hanging out. This is MC and Bey! The universe just did a death drop.

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(Above, a photo of the Milky Way getting its whole entire life.)

This is the kind of star alignment I need more of in my life. When people ask me what my sign is I tell them "I'm a Beyoncé with Mariah rising." The last time I had my astrological chart read I just handed the psychic a copy of Whitney Houston's Greatest Hits liner notes.

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(Above, a photo of me putting Parmesan cheese on my pizza.)

Bey graced the audience at last night's Mariah Carey concert at the Beacon Theater. Because even Beyoncé can't resist the timeless allure of "All I Want for Christmas (Is You)"

You seriously cannot name a more iconic duo.

Also, I love that Mariah is in white diamonds and Bey is in all-black like they're in a promotional still from an all-diva version of Wicked.

OMG MAKE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

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Can't. Handle.

You thought last week was crazy when Rihanna's Navy accidentally made hostile overtures at the Beyhive? Girl, you need to catch up on your Diva Security Briefings.

Serious question: What do you get when you combine Mariah's Lambs with Beyoncé's Hive?

Well, wool covered in honey, for one. Which is inconvenient to say the least. But so glamorous! Yas sticky sweater! Slay!

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This isn't the first time Bey and Mariah have been photographed together, of course.

There are so many but this is probably the best, from a NYE party that Mariah threw:

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This looks like a dispatch from an alternate universe office party where Mariah is the receptionist who is always doing the most and decorates her desk with pictures of Andrew Garfield and her cats and Beyoncé is the accounts payable clerk who still uses that digital camera she got in the Christmas raffle six years ago. And Jay Z is the mail room clerk who's been crushing on Bey for years but has yet to get his swagga up enough to say anything.

Thank God for this reality! (If only for this one, very specific reason.)

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R. Eric Thomas

R. Eric Thomas is a columnist for ELLE.com, where he skewers politics, pop culture, celebrity shade, and schadenfreude. He is also the author of Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, a memoir-in-essays.