The charioteer holds no reins.The ChariotAn 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.Temperance

Card combination

The Chariot and Temperance

Both cards hold two things in balance, and the tradition contrasts the method sharply. The charioteer holds two sphinxes by will alone, with no reins in the Waite image; Temperance holds two cups and pours between them continuously. One is control by force and the other is control by adjustment.

Together

Both cards hold two things in balance, and the tradition contrasts the method sharply. The charioteer holds two sphinxes by will alone, with no reins in the Waite image; Temperance holds two cups and pours between them continuously. One is control by force and the other is control by adjustment.

In love

Associated with holding a relationship together by effort rather than by continuous small correction, and with how tiring the first is.

In career

Read for management by force of personality against management by adjustment. The pair favours the second for anything long.

The advice

Ask whether you are holding this or adjusting it. Holding does not scale and it fails all at once rather than gradually.

Read these cards in full

The ChariotTemperanceDraw a three-card spread