Temperance in 4 Minutes

Temperance Upright: Mixing, combining elements in the proper proportion. The artful use of resources at hand. The skilled handling of duality, opposites, relationships, the masculine and feminine, all in a manner to make something greater or new. The creative process. Confidence, open mindedness, optimism, a frank exchange of ideas. Tempering, adjusting. Efficiently handling needs, resources, and roles. Gifted in being able to “read a room” or understand complexity of a situation or behaviors. Abstract ideas becoming concrete realities. Concepts “taking wing” and becoming concrete solutions or projects. Also considered a card of health and healing. Temperance Upright Best Course of Action: Be optimistic about your situation. Pay attention to how you are combining the elements of your life. You may be juggling roles, jobs, tasks or projects but remain confident about your abilities. You have everything you need to make things “work”. Pay attention to what you are saying and be sure to manifest that into doing. Use all resources at your disposal. Temperance Reversed: Going to extremes, being wasteful. Being frenetic, fragmented, self centered. Making a mess of a situation. Not having enough resources or not make proper use of what you have. Neglecting your health. Being imprudent, excessive, or miserly. Withholding of input, ideas, or thoughts. Temperance Reversed Best Course of Action: First, calm yourself. The resources needed to achieve your goal may not be available to you at this time. Stop worrying about making something perfect. It may be prudent to accept a situation for what it is, even if it is not everything you wish for. Pay attention to how you or others behave excessively. You may be called to withdraw resources from someone who is being intemperate.