Temperance
Temperance symbolizes spiritual restraint, moderation, and the careful alchemy of heart and mind. It emphasizes gentle care for love and life, advocating a wise reserve, silence, and measured action. Reversed, it warns of imbalance, wasted energies, disrupted calm, and the need for greater sobriety or compromise. Magickally, it is used to restore balance, soothe anxiety, improve communication, and increase cooperation in partnerships.
Keywords
Title
14. Temperance
Description
Description: While the Hanged Man represents physical restraint, Temperance symbolizes spiritual restraint. Love and life are precious and fragile, and they must be handled with care. Temperance is the light hand, the gentle touch. It is the wisdom of reserve, the virtue of silence. It is the quintessential symbol of spiritual transformation resulting from a careful alchemy of heart and mind, carried out with moderation and precision.
Divinatory Meanings
Divinatory Meanings: Spiritual protection; reserve; tranquillity; moderation; communication; healing; sobriety; a collaborative creative work; a peaceful mind; a serene presence; a helpful guardian; a reconciliation; a compromise; a combining or reworking of energies; keeping careful guard over the emotional waters.
Reversed
Reversed: Energies are poured into destructive or wasteful endeavors; imbalance; a period of calm is disrupted; an outpouring of emotion; a need for greater sobriety; reserve is needed; anxiety; a wish for a peaceful life feels unfulfilled; a quarrel; a need to compromise.
Magickal Uses
Magickal Uses: Great for bringing balance and moderation, for soothing sorrow or anxiety, for improving communication, and for increasing cooperation and bringing good luck to partnerships. It can also be used to increase reserve, or, reversed, to let go of reserve.
Visual Description
A winged figure in a white flowing robe pours a reddish liquid from one vessel into another, standing with one foot in a shallow pool and the other on grassy earth. The figure wears a wide-brimmed hat with a feathered wing and strapped sandals; a golden serpent-like or caduceus motif is visible on the upper arm. Purple tulip-like flowers grow in the foreground and the sun rises or sets on the distant horizon. At the bottom of the card a banner reads "14 • Temperance."
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