One hand raised to the sky, one pointing to the earth: he is a conduit, not a source.The MagicianAn 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 Magician and Temperance

Both cards mix things, and the difference is the whole reading. The Magician combines to produce an effect; Temperance combines to produce a balance. The tradition reads the pair as the question of whether you are making something or adjusting something.

Together

Both cards mix things, and the difference is the whole reading. The Magician combines to produce an effect; Temperance combines to produce a balance. The tradition reads the pair as the question of whether you are making something or adjusting something.

In love

Associated with effort applied to a relationship where the need is calibration rather than initiative. Doing more is the wrong instinct here.

In career

Read for a situation asking for proportion rather than invention. The pair notes that the two feel similar and produce opposite outcomes.

The advice

Adjust rather than add. The impulse to introduce something new is what this pair is warning about.

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