TODAY’S TAROT: Key XIV: Temperance

Today the cards have asked me to share with you one of the very special cards of the Major Arcana (which represent important and archetypal moments in all our lives): Key XIV: Temperance.

Are you an over-thinker? Do you feel too much? Are you highly sensitive? Are you someone who does their best to keep busy so that you don’t have to stop and think or feel? Or, are you someone who gets yourself in trouble by ignoring your own intuition?

To temper” comes from the Latin for “to mix well.” Temperance is about taking the necessary ingredients of anything and mixing them in the right proportions.

Temperance most often comes up when an individual needs to find a better mix of the qualities represented by the elements. Or, if you’re into psychology, a better mixture of the Jungian functions: thinking, feeling, intuiting, and sensing.

We need all of those to make sense of the world and to survive in it! So take notice of which ones remain under-developed with you. Part of being a fully integrated and individuated person comes from having ALL of those functions at your disposal! Be sure to “mix well” in order to be your strongest self!