Temperance
The Temperance (Swan Maiden) card symbolizes reconciliation between conscious awareness and primal, unconscious instincts, embodied by the swan maiden standing between land and water. It urges balance and harmony, guiding you to temper rational deliberation with emotional depth and intuition. The image suggests letting go of egoic control—like the maidens who change form when their feathers are found—and embracing deeper insights through inner reflection. Overall, it calls for integration of opposing aspects of the self so that stability and flow may coexist.
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Swan Maidens possessed the ability to shape-shift into humans by shedding their feathers. Mortal men seeking their affections would confiscate their feathers and domesticate the captive maidens. But if her feather garments were discovered, she would change back to a swan and rejoin her flock. The swan maiden is partially in the water, symbolizing the unconscious and her ties to her primal instincts. Her hands reach for the stone and the moss-covered embankment dividing the stability of the earth and the flow of the water. The Swan Maiden represents the reconciliation of both aspects of her being.
Divinatory meaning
Balance and harmony will guide you between conscious deliberation and the deeper waters of the unconscious. This is a time to let go of the ego and submerge into the waters of deeper insights and inner reflection.
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