An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

The tarot · XIV

Temperance

Daughter of the Reconcilers, Bringer-forth of Life

The face of XIV, Temperance, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Daughter of the Reconcilers, Bringer-forth of Life.

Alchemy, moderation and the art of blending.

Upright

Balance, patience and integration. Mix opposites carefully and something new and whole appears. Healing and guidance are close at hand.

Reversed

Excess, impatience or a life pulled in too many directions at once.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Crocell appears as an angel, speaks mystically of hidden things and warms the waters. Artemis guards the wild in-between places. Good for healing work and for questions of timing.

A question to sit with

What two parts of my life need to be blended rather than balanced?

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Path25, Tiphareth to Yesod
Hebrew letterSamekh, the prop, value 60
AstrologySagittarius, mutable fire, ruled by Jupiter
Presiding powerArtemis, lady of the bow and the wild
Governing angelAdvachiel, angel of Sagittarius
RuneWunjo, joy: harmony, fellowship and fulfilment
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SpiritCrocell, duke
The seal of Crocell

Appears as an angel, speaking mystically of hidden things. Teaches geometry and the liberal sciences, makes the sound of rushing waters, warms waters and finds springs. Goetia 49.

Temperance in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.