An angel pours liquid between two cups, one foot on land and one in water, grounded and fluid at once, and the stream between the cups flows at an angle no physical liquid would.TemperanceA naked woman kneels by a pool, one foot on land and one in water, pouring from two vessels: one back into the pool, one onto the earth.The Star

Card combination

Temperance and The Star

Two of the gentlest cards in the deck, and they work at the same slow speed. Temperance is patient combination, two things mixed into a third without spilling; The Star is the quiet after difficulty. Together the tradition reads them as genuine recovery, and it is specific that it cannot be hurried.

Together

Two of the gentlest cards in the deck, and they work at the same slow speed. Temperance is patient combination, two things mixed into a third without spilling; The Star is the quiet after difficulty. Together the tradition reads them as genuine recovery, and it is specific that it cannot be hurried.

In love

Repair. The pair describes a relationship being rebuilt carefully rather than reconciled in one conversation.

In career

Balance returning after a difficult period. Associated with people who reduced their commitments rather than pushing through.

The advice

Both cards refuse to be accelerated. The pairing is unusual in the deck for having no warning in it at all, and the only way to misread it is to expect it to be faster.

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TemperanceThe StarDraw a three-card spread