XIV · Major Arcana
Temperance
Keeper of the Well
Two things combined in exact proportion to make a third that neither could be alone.
Upright
Moderate. Blend. Take the middle path deliberately rather than by default. Healing here is slow and comes from consistency, not intervention.
Reversed
Not used in Raynebow readings - reversals are off in the product. Shown here for reference.
Excess in either direction, or a combination forced before its time. Impatience with a process that only works at its own speed.
Keywords
balance · moderation · synthesis · healing · patience
The Welsh story
Wales is thick with holy wells — springs credited with healing, tended by guardians, hung with rags and coins, their waters mixed with prayer and observance. The keeper's work is proportion: the right measure at the right time, blending what should be blended, never letting the source be fouled. It is the least dramatic of the trumps and the most difficult to actually do.
On the card
Two things, mixed until they hold.