Temperance
Temperance shows a young goddess (Sif) in a recovering landscape, symbolizing moderation, healing, and the alchemical blending of opposites to restore balance. The imagery—flowers, a rabbit, and hovering Dagaz runes—emphasizes renewal, hope, and transformation as light returns after darkness. Upright meanings include attentive care, measured action, and processes of restoration. Reversed, the card warns of extremes, exhaustion, intolerance, and the need to stop compromising to preserve integrity.
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Description
The goddess Sif stands in the middle of a valley between two mountain ranges. Red, purple, white, and yellow wildflowers bloom as far as the eye can see. Sif's corn-gold hair flows down past the tips of many flowers. Tiny purple blossoms flow down from her hair. She wears a suggestive white dress. She turns her head to face something — or someone behind her; her lips are red, and she smiles. The sky seems to be recovering after a strong storm. A small rabbit sits at the young goddess's feet. Six yellow Dagaz Runes hover around Sif's hair as if they were butterflies.
Upright
Moderation, attentive care, desire to bring balance, alchemical process, restoration.
Reversed
Going to extremes, exhausted, intolerance, external pressures, stop compromising.
Rune
Dagaz. Hope, darkness turns to light, anxieties disappearing.
Visual Description
A luminous young woman stands in a flowered meadow beneath a low sun and a mountainous horizon, the Roman numeral XIV printed at the top. Her hair falls in an impossibly long golden curtain dotted with small blossoms, and she wears a pale flowing gown while looking back over her shoulder. At her feet among roses and wildflowers a white rabbit sits; stylized glowing sigils or lights hover in the grass and the title TEMPERANCE is stamped across the bottom.
Runic tarot
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