Tarot · Major Arcana · XIV

Temperance — tarot card XIV

Temperance pours water between two cups, one foot on land and one in a stream. Linked with Sagittarius, the card is read as patient mixing: balance found by small adjustments, not by extremes. It is a prompt to look for the middle path in something you have been pushing hard.

Upright: keywords

• balance
• moderation
• patience
• blending
• recovery of balance
• middle way

Reversed: keywords

• excess
• imbalance
• impatience
• discord
• lack of measure

Symbolism

Golden Dawn: sign — Sagittarius; Hebrew letter — Samekh.

A symbolic reading for reflection, based on the tarot tradition (classic 1909 deck). Not a prediction or professional advice. Draft text, review pending.