Temperance
Temperance signals that desire must be tempered with balance and moderation to achieve harmony. It emphasizes compromise and self-restraint as the path to peace of mind and integration. In readings it advises finding the middle ground and making beneficial modifications rather than indulging impulses. Reversed, the card warns of agitation, excess, conflict, separation, and self-indulgence when moderation is abandoned.
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Meaning
Whenever there is desire, there is a need for balance and moderation. That which we desire does not bring comfort. Only Temperance offers harmony and peace of mind through compromise and self-restraint. This card suggests moderation and finding the middle ground.
Upright
Temptation, peace of mind, integration, beneficial modification, synthesis, compromise.
Reversed
Agitation, excess, conflict, separation, self-indulgence, competition.
Visual Description
An angelic figure stands in shallow water wearing a white flowing dress and a dark green high collar, with green feathered wings that have a leafy texture. The figure pours a pale blue stream of liquid between two white jugs patterned with black spots, holding one jug aloft and the other near the water. The background is a mottled green field dotted with light specks like stars, and concentric ripples circle around the figure's black boots.
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