Major Arcana
Temperance
The art of mixing unlike forces until they become medicine rather than argument.
- balance
- healing
- integration
- patience
- alchemy
Upright meaning
Blend instead of forcing. Healing comes through patience, proportion, and careful exchange.
Reversed meaning
The mixture is off. Too much of one thing has drowned the balance.
Symbolism
- vessel — Containment and exchange.
- water — Cooling, feeling, flow.
- fire — Heat, will, transformation.
- threshold — One state becoming another.
Lore
Temperance is the angel of distillation, the healer who knows that purity is not always the cure. Some truths must be combined to become usable.
In play, this can resolve factions, brew potions, reconcile NPCs, combine item properties, or turn a harsh clue into a helpful one.