Major Arcana · XIV
Temperance Tarot Card Meaning
- Arcana
- Major Arcana
- Number
- XIV · No. 14
- Yes or no
- Yes · Reversed: Maybe
Upright meaning
Balance · harmony · patience
The answer is to blend things in the right measure without hurrying. Bring both sides together and things will slowly improve.
Reversed meaning
Imbalance · excess · impatience
You have leaned too far one way, or are rushing for results. Start by getting your daily rhythm back.
In a yes-or-no reading
- UprightYesThe card says things are moving the way you hope.
- ReversedMaybeIt isn't settled yet. It could depend on conditions or timing.
Its place in the Major Arcana
The 22 cards of life's big currents and turning points. They are read as one person's journey from 0, The Fool, to 21, The World, and the more of them in a spread, the more the matter goes beyond personal choice.
Cards 8 to 14 are the stage of turning inward to test and refine yourself. Here you learn patience, reflection, pausing, endings and balance.
The 22 Major Arcana
- The Fool
- The Magician
- The High Priestess
- The Empress
- The Emperor
- The Hierophant
- The Lovers
- The Chariot
- Strength
- The Hermit
- Wheel of Fortune
- Justice
- The Hanged Man
- Death
- Temperance
- The Devil
- The Tower
- The Star
- The Moon
- The Sun
- Judgement
- The World
Draw your own
Now that you know the card, think of one question and shuffle the deck yourself. Which of the 78 cards comes up is decided the moment you shuffle.
Meanings follow the widely used Rider–Waite tradition, and the pictures are simple designs drawn for this site. Please treat tarot as a light-hearted aid to reflection.