The Temperance card talks about an alchemical process of blending, mixing and configuring diverse elements in life in order to find the perfect ratio.

The Temperance energy focuses on the journey rather than the outcome. Finding the perfect balance is a road of trial and error, so you need adaptability to be able to handle changes better, cooperation to learn different opinions, and patience to go through it all despite the difficulties. This means that with the Temperance, we take a moment to find our balance again after a major life transition that the Death symbolizes.

Both the Temperance and Hierophant have a common goal of balance and order. Temperance is the balance in flow of life and nature, the Hierophant is the balance in structure.

The Hierophant in Tarot often gets a very bad rep. He is mostly depicted as a symbol of rigid conformity and patriarchy. The original role of the Hierophant is a teacher, a figure who brings wisdom and structure- but he can have many faces in society. The Hierophant can symbolize tradition, religion, norms and laws, institutions, etc- anything that represents established order.

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