A winged angel in a white robe, a triangle on the chest and a sun disc on the brow, pours water between two gold cups, one foot in a pool. Irises grow on the bank and a path leads to a sun over the mountains.

Major Arcana · XIV

Temperance

  • balance
  • patience
  • blending
  • flow

Leans yes

Upright meaning

Water poured between two cups without spilling. Temperance is the long, quiet work of integration — not extremes, but the middle that holds them.

 (reversed)

Reversed meaning

Excess, impatience, throwing two things together and calling it harmony. Slow the pour.

Advice

A little, regularly, beats a lot, once.

Yes or no?

Temperance leans yes in a yes or no reading.