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Total Barbelith Tarot- 14- Temperence/Art

Rex City-zen

17:27 / 05.10.01

To be hones, I've never quite figured this card out,especially with it's placing between death and the devil.
Alchemy?Blending of opposites? Synthesis?
Hmmmm....Maybe I should nominate Synth to do this one,eh?
Hope you people have better inerpretations than I.
Big up to KOBOL STROM, going way beyond the call...
...and GODOG, where you at?
GO!

REX

Lothar Tuppan

20:47 / 05.10.01

"Lo though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil."

Balance, grounding of energies, and the chemical wedding, all apply.

Slippery damn card innit?

Kobol Strom

09:38 / 06.10.01

Thy will be done.Call forth your sword new minted from the forge of the Continuance.Knock,and the door shall be opened unto you.Wait.A minute Mr Postman.Objective contents of thought as reality,only a psychopathic possibility.'By Hook or by Crook,we will,we will'.Good things come to those who wightlift.Iceman and Firestar.Saphire and Steel.The awareness of the need to accept the current laws of time.Patience is a virtue.Waiting is a game.Life is a game.Life is waiting.Life is awaiting.What is the sound of water?.

Mordant Carnival

00:45 / 07.10.01

Space. The Zone, sort of thing. What it feels like when you are bereft of your crutches and props and thrown back on your own resources.... only to discover that they were sufficient, all along.

grant

01:23 / 07.10.01

Temperance: Just relax, honey, and let yourself float.

(I'm pretty sure this card is the opposite of the Devil; that in some ways Death offers you a choice between two paths - the path of balance and the path of excess.)

cusm

17:30 / 08.10.01

I can't help but see a parallel with this card and Justice. If Justice brings things into balance, Temperance is that state of balance. Justice balances against the will of the target, Temperance is one bringing themself into balance by their own will.

The eye of the storm. Following the Tao.

The action taken is well thought out and reasoned, and is made with the higher self rather than as impulsive reaction.

Rex City-zen

18:08 / 09.10.01

PSALM 23.

That is the best explanation I have ever come across for the meaning of this card.

The valley of the shadow of death.
Fear no evil.For thou artwith me. Thy rod and thy staff they cover me.
Thank you.

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