Your Chosen Card – Temperance Upright Mage Deck
When upright, the Temperance trump suggests that you are dealing with a situation involving the reconciliation of opposites within yourself. Like the alchemists of old, you are trying to convert a base metal into gold. You are called upon to act with moderation and exercise the virtue of temperance. With persistent effort you will be able to blend competing forces harmoniously to create something of greater value. The Renaissance artists who created this image were no doubt inspired by the mixing of water and wine in the Catholic Mass during which the priest prays: ‘Through the mystery of this water and wine, may we partake in the divine nature of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.’
Keywords Upright: Temperance, moderation, consecration, self-control, right proportion, healing, ability to cope, reconciliation of competing impulses, balancing different needs, discretion, mutual respect, composure, tempering, proportionality, right mixture, proper measure, resolution, union of opposites, harmonizing conflicting viewpoints, balancing contrary forces, artful combination, the golden mean, the middle way, creative resolution, artful blending of contrarieties, ability to negotiate.
Key XIV: Temperance (Art)
Myths/Archetypes: The Centaur. The Alchemist. The Hermaphrodite. The Transsexual. The Creator. The Artist. The Healer. The Inventor. Hegels dialectic.
Dates of Sagittarius: 22 November21 December (tropical); 16 December14 January (sidereal).
Astrology: Sagittarius, the centaur archer (a Fire sign ruled by Jupiter)
Numerology: 5 (Hierophant) = 1 + 4 (Temperance)
Rider Waite: Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation; (R) things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, sometimes even the priest who will marry the querent; also disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests.
When Temperance is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise. If Temperance is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Temperance is trying to tell you. If you had a particular issue in mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.
This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for Temperance using cards from the Mage Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.
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Elements of the Psychic World: A symbol, in its basic sense, is a representational object or visual image for a concept, object, idea, quality or quantity It expresses a concept or idea beyond the object or image itself. A symbol can be a material object whose shape or origin is related to the thing it represents: for instance, the cross is the main symbol of Christianity A symbol can also be an image (icon) or a pattern or