Temperance

Temperance is trump XIV: an angel with one foot in water and one on land, pouring liquid between two cups. It is balance, moderation, and the alchemy of blending opposites into something new. It is Sagittarius's card: the arrow's path made steady.

Uses

• Balance and moderation
• Healing and integration
• Patience with slow progress
• Blending two parts of life

Trump

XIV

Attribution

Sagittarius ♐︎

Hebrew letter

Samekh ס (prop)

Path

25th, Tiphareth to Yesod

Signature of

Sagittarius

Thoth name

Art

Upright

Balance, moderation, patience, blending

Reversed

Excess, imbalance, impatience, lack of harmony

Key symbols

The angel pouring between two cups, one foot on land and one in water, the path to the crown, the irises

Working with it

On a Thursday, fill two cups, one with warm water and one with cool. Pour slowly back and forth between them while naming two things in your life that need to work together. Drink the blend. Temperance is found by mixing, not by choosing.