Temperance

Major Arcana

Mix slowly. Sip. Adjust.

Temperance is the card of balance, moderation, and the patient blending of opposites. It shows a figure pouring water between two cups, not too much, not too little, exactly the right amount. The work of Temperance is slow and unglamorous and entirely worth it.

Upright

Balance
Patience
Blending
Flow

Drawing Temperance often means you're being asked to find the middle. Not a compromise; a synthesis. The two sides of a tension are both true. The art is in living with both at once without letting either one take over.

Reversed

Excess
Imbalance
Impatience

Reversed, Temperance is imbalance: overdoing it, swinging from one extreme to the other, or refusing the patience the situation needs. You might be burning yourself out trying to fix something that just needs time.

It can also indicate a lack of harmony between competing parts of your life. Temperance reversed asks where the leak is. What's flowing out faster than what's coming in?

Its zodiac character

Valencia

Valencia on their best day: in motion, mixing it as they go, patient enough to get the blend right.

Cards that travel with it

What does Temperance mean
for you?

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