The card Temperance has a very overt meaning for most: nothing in excess. And I go along with that. It's always good to draw this reminder not to eat, drink, stay up, neglect work, etc. to the point that it damages us. Like the Fours and the Emperor (IIII), Temperance (XIIII) has a message of stability. In the case of this card, stability through measured actions and words. And like the Seven Coins of the other day, I think it also reminds us to temper our spiritual and earthly selves, shown perhaps, with what appears to be an exaggerated lift of the higher pitcher, the whole body seeming to connect above and below.
So what do we end up with? A bunch of watered down wine? Not necessarily. This is a figure of an angel, an angel here on earth, where we are. A guardian angel? Perrhaps she's reminding us that no matter what happens in life we can exercise temperance to bring things back into balance.
Where in your life are things not tempered? Do you easily fly off the handle at work? Frustrated with kids who don't seem to do what you want them to? Mad at yourself for staying out too late with friends on a week night? What about a little humor to temper the anger? A little alone time to temper the party time?
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