Temperance
Temperance calls for patient, quiet awareness and inner listening, inviting integration and harmony between the physical and spiritual. It suggests that opposites can be blended rather than forced into an either/or choice, creating alchemy when impatience and rigid perceptions are set aside. The card emphasizes conscious moderation and the 'middle way' as a path toward balance as needs evolve over time. Reversed, Temperance can indicate confusion, disharmony, or forced decisions arising from competing interests.
Keywords
Keyword
Listening Within
Description
We often look at options from an either/or perspective, but Temperance invites us to consider that all things are possible, even when they appear to be at odds. Life is not static and neither are our needs — they evolve across a lifetime and across each situation. Through listening and awareness, the universe reveals what your soul truly needs, not just what you want. If you can put your perceptions and impatience aside, you create space for alchemy.
Meaning
quiet awareness, patience, inner listening, harmony between physical and spiritual, conscious moderation, a peaceful melding of opposites, the 'middle way'
Reversal
confusion, disharmony, polarity, excessive caution, competing interests, forced decisions
Visual Description
A lone, androgynous figure kneels in shallow water beneath a high, pale sky. The person holds two translucent, geometric vessels and appears to be pouring or aligning them so shapes and light flow between the forms. A thin vertical shaft of light runs from the top of the image down toward the figure, and the surrounding colors are soft blues, grays, and muted pastels, suggesting mist and calm water.
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