The Temperance Card Meaning in the Tarot System

The general meaning of the Temperance tarot card. The need to regulate desires and passions, keeping harmony in relationships. Tolerance and forbearance.

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XIV: The Temperance Tarot Card

General Meaning

Planet: Venus

Zodiac signs: Cancer, Sagittarius

Planets in signs: Venus in Virgo, Mercury in Virgo

Element: Fire

The need to regulate desires and passions, to preserve harmony in relationships. Tolerance, forbearance, a willingness to compromise, diplomacy. Cooperation, the ability to coordinate actions or processes. Thrift, sensible economy.

The Temperance card signifies harmony, light, joy, beauty and stillness. This is a favourable card — your life will change for the better. But for that to happen, you will have to pass a certain test.

It will be possible to soften the impact of any conflict or discord. Arguments will die down much faster. You should show restraint and remember self-control. That way you will find a compromise sooner. This card often falls to people — or about people — who can easily smooth over conflicts and prevent discord. Those who readily take on solving other people's problems and who possess empathy.

The Temperance Tarot Card in Different Tarot Decks

Meaning in Situations

Thanks to your ability to combine different elements, you create something new. This may be a new relationship or a friendship with people of another culture or race. In cooperation you are patient and harmonious. Your main motto is moderation and wise management. Yet sometimes you should be willing to compromise. At times Temperance speaks of the possibility of a brief separation or of some kind of test. It may be a medical examination or the passing of an exam. The arrival of the new, sometimes unexpected. Often small and seemingly insignificant. A card of household matters and everyday bustle. A striving for new impressions.

A period of stability. Common sense — up to the point of narrow-mindedness and dogma. Often speaks of misunderstandings connected with the passage of time: time either drags or flies. A card of boundaries, conditions, settings, routines and logically constructed systems (in contrast to the Death card).

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Work

Steady, long-term work. Evenly flowing business. A parts-stamping factory, dispatcher work, an office. No extra money — only what is due.

Health

Like clockwork. May indicate pregnancy and a successful birth (signifies inner processes and gradual development).

Relationships

A long-lasting relationship (constancy of some kind — exactly what kind is not revealed). A well-ordered life.

Personality Type

Patient, meticulous about their work, serious, constant. An accountant, a head of personnel. Orderly, fair, principled. Can make quite good middle-level managers.

Advice and Warning

Bring matters to completion, put your thoughts in order. Finish what you have planned. Do some clearing out. Rely on time, do not rush.

Yes or No

Yes, but in time.

Reversed Card Meaning

In the reversed position the card indicates that your life lacks balance and harmony. Perhaps you have recently divorced or are divorcing now, or there are problems at work or in the family. It may point to rash, hasty decisions, an urge to spend money spontaneously on unnecessary things. An unbalanced personality that urgently needs to restore moderation. In the near future you will have to deal with a large number of tasks at the same time, and it will be hard to switch between them. An inability to control emotions, an inability to judge other people and their actions objectively. An unstable mood — joy quickly turns into depression or anger. Unpredictable behaviour.