Major Arcana · XIV

Temperance

balancemoderationpatienceblending

Upright

Mix the two extremes instead of choosing between them.

Slow blending will outperform a fast fix.

Consistent patience is the whole method here.

You are being asked to moderate, not to numb.

Small adjustments made often will hold where one big change would not.

Your rhythm is out of proportion: too much of one thing, none of another.

Impatience is spoiling the thing you want most.

Excess and abstention are two versions of the same lost balance.

Restore one ordinary routine today.

Ask what a reasonable pace would look like, then use it.

Original Chinese reading

Upright: 平衡、调和、耐心、中道

Reversed: 失衡、急躁、过度