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Major Arcana 14 · Samekh ס · Sagittarius

Temperance

Balance and alchemy (Art in Thoth). Mix, measure and be patient.

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Good and bad traits

Good traits

  • Balanced
  • Patient
  • Healing
  • Moderate
  • Calm

Bad traits

  • Indecisive
  • Excessive
  • Unbalanced
  • Impatient

What Temperance means

Love
You love calmly and build a bond that blends two lives well.
Work
Healing, counselling, cooking, chemistry, art and mediation.
Money
Money grows through moderation and blended skills; slow and balanced beats bold.
Health
The liver and the thighs; balance in food and drink is your medicine.
Spirit
The middle way: you heal by blending opposites into something new.
Advice
Mix, measure and be patient.

Reversed

Excess, impatience, or mixing what should stay apart.

Shadow work: Keeping the peace can mean never saying what you need. Balance includes you.

Yes or no

Yes

As a yes or no card, Temperance answers yes.

Ask yourself

Where is my life out of balance, and what would the middle way be?

Affirmation: “I bring patience, measure and healing to all I do.”

Correspondences

Number
14
Hebrew letter
Samekh ס
Astrology
Sagittarius: the card of Sagittarius
Constellation
Teaching and healing. The Hierophant and Temperance: meaning, moderation and passing on what you have learned.
In the Destiny Matrix
Balance, Healing, Moderation, Harmony, Patience; in the minus: Excess, Imbalance, Impatience, Mood swings

Temperance as a birth card

Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.

Famous people with Temperance as their soul card

Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 194520 April 1889 – 19455TaurusCharles DarwinEnglish naturalist and biologist12 February 1809 – 18825AquariusAbraham Lincolnpresident of the United States from 1861 to 186512 February 1809 – 18655AquariusFranklin Delano Rooseveltpresident of the United States from 1933 to 194530 January 1882 – 19455AquariusMao Zedong1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republ…26 December 1893 – 19765CapricornFrédéric ChopinPolish composer and pianist1 March 1810 – 18495PiscesMarlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer27 December 1901 – 19925CapricornThomas JeffersonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 180913 April 1743 – 18265AriesLi BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty19 May 701 – 7625TaurusSimón BolívarVenezuelan statesman and military officer24 July 1783 – 18305LeoJorge Luis BorgesArgentine writer, essayist, poet and translator24 August 1899 – 19865VirgoLouis ArmstrongAmerican jazz musician, trumpeter and singer4 August 1901 – 19715Leo

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Questions and answers

What does Temperance mean?

Balance and alchemy (Art in Thoth). Mix, measure and be patient.

What does Temperance mean reversed?

Excess, impatience, or mixing what should stay apart.

Is Temperance a yes or no card?

Yes.

What does Temperance mean in love?

You love calmly and build a bond that blends two lives well.

What does Temperance mean for money and work?

Money grows through moderation and blended skills; slow and balanced beats bold. Healing, counselling, cooking, chemistry, art and mediation.

Which zodiac sign is Temperance?

Sagittarius, in the Golden Dawn's order; its astrological attribution is Sagittarius.

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