Temperance
The Temperance card shows a luminous white stag beside tiered springs in a quiet forest, symbolizing patient blending and the steady choreography of elements joining to create clarity. It calls for moderation, balance between opposing forces (work and rest, intuition and reason), and the calm presence needed to broker agreements and refine impulses into steady light. Timing and measured mixtures are emphasized: the right proportions create outcomes greater than their parts. Reversed, it warns of excess, impatience, or forced combinations and advises pausing, diluting intensity, and simplifying until the current settles.
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Visual Description
A deep green forest frames a series of rocky terraces. Thin white streams fall like threads from ledge to ledge, pooling below and curling into a bright brook in the foreground. On an upper shelf stands a luminous white stag with wide, branching antlers. Moss, small plants, and scattered fireflies glow among the stones and roots of ancient trees.
Meaning
In the hush of old forest, a white stag waits beside tiered springs as the waters descend and join, and this gentle choreography names Temperance.
Pace and Flow
Nothing rushes, yet everything moves, each stream meeting another until clarity gathers below.
Mythic Guide
The White Stag of Slavic tales appears when the path must be found, inviting you to blend courage with restraint and to follow the pace of water rather than the drum of urgency.
Upright
Upright, this card favors moderation, patient sequencing, and healing integrations—projects flourish when you balance work and rest, intuition and reason, and let cooperative spirits meet halfway.
Agreements and Inner Alchemy
Agreements are brokered by your calm presence, and inner alchemy refines raw impulse into steady light. It is a promise that timing matters, and that the right mixture creates more than its parts.
Reversed
Reversed, the waters scatter: excess, impatience, or a forced combination muddies results, and boundaries may be either too rigid or too porous.
When Reversed
When the stag slips deeper into the trees, pause, dilute intensity, and remeasure the ingredients—detox habits, simplify plans, and let the current settle before you pour again.
Restoration
Returning to the middle course allows the separate streams to find one another and flow clean.
Slavic Legends Tarot
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