Temperance

Number: 14 Arcana: Major Arcana Suit: Trump Hebrew Alphabet: Samekh/Foundation/60

Keywords

blending, synthesis, mediation, combination, harmony

Fortune Telling

• Someone’s using drugs or alcohol to excess
• It’s time to get back on that diet

Meanings

Light

• Bringing opposites together
• Moderating your actions or emotions
• Finding middle ground
• Reaching compromises
• Synthesizing solutions that please everyone involved
• Using the old to make something new

Shadow

• Going to extremes
• Disrupting group efforts
• Ignoring healthy approaches to life
• Becoming an addict
• Practicing gluttony
• Tearing something or someone apart
• Breaking alliances

Archetype

The Mediator

Numerology

14 = 1 + 4 = 5 (catalyst, instability, confrontation)

Elemental

Sagittarius

Mythical/Spiritual

The angel seen here may be the goddess Iris. By extension, priests, priesthoods, or the transfigured Christ.

Affirmation

N/A

Questions to Ask

• How can I avoid extremes?
• What does everyone involved have in common?
• How might combining familiar things help me create something new?

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Reference: Tarot