TEMPERANCE
Transcend duality to embrace identity -- Balance within duality, leading to complex thought and action. The honing of skills. Energetic mastery. Going with the flow. Unique and successful combinations. Excellent management skills put to the test with good results. Originality. The unique expression of personal talent.
SHADOW: Shadow artist. Blocking yourself off from the natural ebb and flow of the universe. Creative confusion. Great talent going unused.
The Shadow Witch leaves Death behind while understanding all her lessons. She moves out to a great plain and walks toward an endless horizon for what feels like hours. Her animal companions are true and stay by her side. Her throat becomes dry and she stops at a glistening pool to take a drink with her hands.
A dark angel with a horned headdress rises from the depths of the water connecting to emotions, the subconscious, and eternal flow. The liquid she fuses is the integration of life energy. She displays mastery as she hones her skills. You become the expert. This is the beginning of maturation. The gothic tower stands in the distance as a hint of the ultimate attainment that is to come. The tower is the highest physical point we can reach without leaving the ground.
Once the lesson of Death is understood, accepted, and ingested, the spirit can engage Temperance. You are now able to combine the oppositional ideas of life and death in a new form. A new path appears. Options become available.
The center and focal point of Temperance is the liquid she fuses. It is the card of balance and complexity but also the magic we make when we focus on what's in front of us. We stand inside shifting polarities. Temperance is how we greet the changing dichotomy of life.