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Temperance
Major Arcana · Card 14
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Traditional meaning
A winged angel stands with one foot on a rock and one in a stream, pouring water steadily between two cups amid iris flowers. Temperance signifies the patient blending of opposites and a middle path found through measured care.
Reflection
Temperance can invite reflection on where extremes are calling for your energy and what a steadier blend might offer. What would a middle path look like, mixed in your own proportions?
Relationships
May point toward meeting differences with patience and letting a bond find its own pace.
Career
Can suggest steady, unglamorous consistency as the ingredient a project actually needs.
Growth
Often asks which parts of your life are asking to come back into proportion.
Illustration: Pamela Colman Smith (1909), public domain.