She reclines in ripe wheat with a cushioned throne rather than a rigid one.The EmpressAn 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 Empress and Temperance

Abundance drawn with measure, and the tradition reads the pair as a caution against the generous card rather than the careful one. The Empress does not have a sense of proportion; Temperance is nothing but. Together they ask whether the giving is calibrated to what is actually wanted.

Together

Abundance drawn with measure, and the tradition reads the pair as a caution against the generous card rather than the careful one. The Empress does not have a sense of proportion; Temperance is nothing but. Together they ask whether the giving is calibrated to what is actually wanted.

In love

Associated with generosity that is not quite matched to the other person, and with the awkwardness of being given more than was asked for.

In career

Read for over-provision: resources, effort or attention beyond what the situation needs.

The advice

Ask what is actually wanted rather than giving what you have. More is not the same as right.

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