Temperance
The Artwork
Thayer's winged angel stands in glory, a Mayan serpent tamed at her feet, a beaming galaxy teasing in her hand, draped in white, her head encircled with gold.
What This Card Means
You are the Alchemist. Join the physical and spiritual experiences of your life with the present for a new lease on life. Remember nothing is black and white — you can create good from what you'd rather forget and let it be the foundation of something beautiful.
The Archetype
Thayer's winged angel stands in unhurried glory, a Mayan serpent already tamed at her feet, a galaxy just visible at the frame's edge. This is Jung's transcendent function at its most literal: two forces that shouldn't mix — spirit and body, patience and hunger — held together long enough to become something neither could be alone.
A Practice For Today
Combine two things today you usually keep separate — work and rest, solitude and company — in one deliberate half hour.
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