Temperance As Feelings
Temperance as feelings reveals a complex emotional landscape. This person embodies The Healer, The Alchemist, The Peacemaker energy in how they feel - wise and guiding in their emotional expression. The card's imagery mirrors their inner world: A serene angel with red wings and a golden crown stands with one foot on land and one in water, pouring liquid from one cup to another in a continuous stream. In love, Temperance represents balanced, harmonious relationships where differences are appreciated and blended rather than being sources of conflict. This card indicates patient, mature love that grows steadily through mutual understanding and compromise. For singles, Temperance suggests attracting partners who complement you perfectly, where differences create harmony rather than discord. In relationships, this card represents finding the middle ground, practicing patience with each other's flaws, and creating a love that incorporates both partners' unique qualities. Temperance can also indicate healing relationship wounds through gentle, patient love and the gradual rebuilding of trust.
What They're Feeling
When someone feels like Temperance, their primary emotions are guidance, protection, divine message. The angel with wings in the card reflects feelings of divine guidance and spiritual protection during integration. The pouring water between cups in the card reflects feelings of the flow of consciousness and life force between different states. Beneath the surface, there may also be feelings of spiritual support, emotion, intuition.
Hidden Emotions
Even when Temperance appears upright, there may be hidden undercurrents of imbalance, extremes, impatience. These shadow emotions don't negate the primary feelings but add depth to understanding them.
How They Show These Feelings
As a fire card, Temperance suggests this person expresses their feelings passionately and directly. They tend toward enthusiasm, spontaneity, intensity in emotional matters. Expect them to communicate through bold gestures, energetic presence, and immediate expression of their feelings
What This Means for You
These feelings are genuine and present. In love, Temperance represents balanced, harmonious relationships where differences are appreciated and blended rather than being sources of conflict. Understanding their emotional language - shaped by fire energy - will help you connect more deeply.
Temperance Reversed: As Feelings
When Temperance reversed represents feelings, the emotions are present but struggling to surface or be expressed. In love, reversed Temperance warns of relationship imbalances, extreme behaviors, or the inability to successfully blend differences with your partner. You may be swinging between being overly accommodating and completely uncompromising, or experiencing relationships that lack the steady, patient love needed for long-term success. This card can indicate impatience with relationship growth, wanting instant intimacy or commitment, or the inability to find middle ground during conflicts. The reversed Temperance may also represent addictive relationship patterns, codependency, or love relationships that bring out extreme behaviors rather than balanced growth. The fire energy is turned inward, creating internal emotional processing rather than outward expression.
Blocked or Unexpressed Emotions
Temperance reversed suggests feelings that are present but trapped. They may want to express guidance, protection, divine message but feel unable to. This could stem from fear, past hurt, or uncertainty about the relationship.
What They Cannot Communicate
In love, reversed Temperance warns of relationship imbalances, extreme behaviors, or the inability to successfully blend differences with your partner. You may be swinging between being overly accommodating and completely uncompromising, or experiencing relationships that lack the steady, patient...
Esoteric Correspondences
Understanding Temperance's deeper symbolism enriches your as feelings interpretation.
Golden Dawn Title
La Tempérance
La Temperanza
Element
fire
Planet
Jupiter
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Dates
November 22 - December 21
Hebrew Letter
ס (Samekh)
Prop, support, foundation
Tree of Life
Path 25
Tiphareth to Yesod (Beauty to Foundation)
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