Temperance

UPRIGHT

The angel of Temperance stands with one foot on land and one in the water, pouring liquid between two cups in a stream that should not, by physics, hold. She is the patient art of blending — the mixing of opposites in just proportion, the alchemy of moderation. The card is rarely dramatic, and almost always right.

REVERSED

Reversed, Temperance is the balance lost — too much poured too fast, the mixture spoiled, the angel's foot lifted from the water in haste. The card can name excess, addiction, impatience with the slow work of integration. It can also speak to a person so fixated on moderation that they have refused the larger pour the moment actually required.

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