Temperance Tarot Card Meanings
Ideas: Breakup, extremes, opposite
Traits: Disruptive, impatient, intolerant, restrained, uncooperative, unrestrained
Emotions: Annoyance, disappointment, enthusiasm, exhilaration, frustration, pleasure, unhappiness
- Actions:
- Allowing or denying yourself to enjoy a particular pleasure
- Doing an activity more or less
- Going solo
- Letting your emotions out
- Pursuing or stopping your favorite activities
- Separating yourself from others
Ideas: Blending, combination, harmony, mediation, synthesis
Traits: Balanced, calm, conciliatory, cooperative, creative, healthy, moderate, modest, patient, tolerant
Emotions: Contentment, gladness, relief, satisfaction, tenderness
- Actions:
- Bringing opposites together
- Finding middle ground
- Moderating your actions or emotions
- Reaching compromises
- Synthesizing solutions that please everyone involved
- Using the old to make something new
Ideas: Abstinence, avoidance, numbness
Traits: Cowardly, inhibited, passive, repressed, rigid, strict, timid
Emotions: Apprehension, neglect, nervousness, uneasiness
- Actions:
- Avoiding conflict
- Brushing off the problem
- Failing to take care of your emotional needs
- Numbing your emotions
- Refraining from indulging
- Refusing to discuss a difficult issue
Temperance’s Advice
Personal Growth
Young people want to toss out tradition and forge ahead. Older people are more conservative. Between these extremes lies a healthier middle ground. Define the polarities and then ask, “What lies between?”
Relationship
Set superficial relationships aside. Pursue trust and deep intimacy—the subtle blending of two people into one. Bring people together. Commit to introductions, parties, or gatherings. Seek out groups.
Career
Many hands make work easier. Call meetings. Get input from every level at every step. If everyone has a hand in defining an effort, then everyone will feel ownership and investment. Moderate your tendency towards all-or-nothing work habits.
Spirituality
Some spiritual advisors recommend extreme practices, from fasting to abstinence, as a means of boosting spiritual awareness. Consider the potential value of moderation in all things. You can value what is right here, right now, without craving more or surpassing healthy limits.
