Temperance XIV | Alchemy – Meaning & Interpretations

Who holds the secrets of the elemental powers? The Angel of Temperance; The Alchemist. The Alchemist is a magician, one who manifests his or her will. The Alchemist is an occultist, one who seeks the truth. The Alchemist is the high priestess, one who brings opposing worlds together. The Alchemist is an earthbound angel – embodying and harmonizing of all that surrounds. Always with a mind that can embrace opposing thoughts or concepts at the same time. The ability to hold diametrically opposed thoughts or concepts is represented frequently by the angels grounding – one foot stands on earth and the other foot that stands in water. No wonder so many people struggle to grasp at the true meaning of our Angel of Temperance. The one who makes opposites of equals and equals of opposites. The one who can mix fire and water. The Angel of Temperance appears in some tarot decks to be androgynous and does embody many character traits more traditionally perceived as masculine. However, Temperance is female. Our Alchemist must be a woman. She stands grounded in the feminine elements of earth and water – pentacles and cups. Standing focused on the work of creation and harmonization. One of the most obvious examples of which is procreation which blends together the male and the female inside the female body to bring about new