Temperance
Temperance symbolizes the blending of opposites to create harmony and renewal. It represents a balance between endings and beginnings, where patience, diplomacy, and compromise foster healing and new connections. The card emphasizes the fusion of contrasting forces—the bitter, calming water and the living, joyful spring—to reconcile loss and restore vitality. Reversed, it warns of imbalance, inappropriate excess, emotional instability, and behaviors that fracture unity.
Keywords
Card
Temperance
Keyword
HARMONY
Description
The path to this remote grove is known only to the initiated. Rarely has the foot of a human stepped here. In the shade of ancient trees, among powerful roots, two magic springs flowed. One spring runs with dead water; it lulls and reconciles with death, preparing the soul for dying. This water is bitter, but precious; it gives peace to a decrepit or wounded body. Another source rings and sings; it is a living water. A sip from this source offers the strength of youth, joy and healing. The wise old man would take a silver pitcher of dead water, and in the golden pitcher, take the water of life. He knows that by combining them, he is able to create a miracle; opposites coming together create harmony. The whole is born from the fragmented, and behind the shadow there always follows a light.
Upright
End and beginning, unity, patience, diplomacy, compromise, trust, tranquility, mutual sympathy, new connections
Reverse
Wrong approach, unbalanced, emotional instability, unacceptable behavior, disappointment, severe reactions, disagreement, excesses, immorality
Visual Description
A robed, bearded figure stands with his feet in shallow water beneath ancient, knotted trees. He wears a hooded cloak and holds a gilded orange pitcher in his right hand while a blue ceramic pitcher rests on the bank to his left. The scene is quiet and green, with the figure’s calm expression and the pitchers suggesting an act of measured pouring or exchange.
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