The Angel next to the Devil? Peace and Cupid spring to mind or do they?

The beautiful horse on this card represents keeping feelings moving with compromise and cooperation so that they don't stagnate(the horse moves gracefully with no reigns) A small picture to the right in the back ground is of an Angel mixing and blending intuition and emotional feeling a message to be moderate in all things The bow represents that you should aim higher your not doing your self Justis with the qualities of the horse and the angel you could achieve more

Temperance - The Mythic Deck

Iris stands with one foot in the water/river and the other on solid ground.  The rainbow at her feet and the water flowing from one cup to another signify to me that there is a relationship happening or pontential for one to happen.

Iris was the messenger of the gods (and to Hera)and the rainbow was said to be that link she created to bring the message down to earth.

its a pretty and colourful card which makes me feel happy and joyful at the thought of something new about to happen.  With the water flowing from one cup to the other also indicates there may be some emotion involved but not tears or sadness.  The lovely iris flowers bring hope of something blooming too.

Temperence to me is all about the blending of opposites. Two things that would normally be opposing forces coming together to form a new stronger element. Stainless steel for example, a blend of different metals to forge a stronger one. Where does this fit in with day to day lives? Well, I often ask the people if their partner (if they currently have one) is the opposite of them, where they are quiet their partner is loud, where they are shy their partner is extrovert. The qualities of these people are totally different but together they can compliment each other. One serves to strengthen or control (although this is the wrong word) 'temper' the other. If there is no partner I suggest someone entering their life who has the opposing qualities.

On another level, temperence can suggest that the person needs to develope a side of their nature that is alien to them. Again, if they are quiet, they need to start being more forceful. A difficult transition but necessary to their future development.

I see the temperence in a reading as a guardian angel someone watching over you.










MysticTerri