#Temperance

[defy74]

Our favourite virtues <3

[havinganidentitycrisis]

☆ | SOUL EATER ◇ PROJECT ARCANA | ☆

Cards 1, 2, and 3: Death, The World, and Temperance

☆ Wanted to go back and update each of my three cards, to make sure all of their colours popped out more and looked more visually appealing and unified when put together.

☆ This project is by far my most popular series thus far, and I sincerely appreciate everyone who is patiently waiting for the next card. As previously mentioned, Project Arcana will be my biggest and longest project to date, with a whopping demand of 12 personalized tarot cards in total. I've been sprawling the workload out between other personal artwork in order to keep myself from becoming too burnt out, and after i complete a commission i recently just recieved an order for, I will proceed on with the fourth card for this project.

- Our next character certainly wouldn't mind the wait, just as long as his long awaited arrival to the scene is as bright and bold as he is... ⭐️

[xixistar]

a dramatic pause-

[babylon-crashing]

֍ TEMPERANCE – Card XIV

TITLE: The Pearl-Blood Alchemist / 血珠丹士 (Xuè Zhū Dān Shì)

MYTHIC ARCHETYPE: The Pirate Who Brewed Typhoons

TAOIST PARALLEL: Mazu’s Apothecary who balanced gunpowder and grace, mixing monsoon rains with salted blood to cure plagues.

PIRATE TWIST: Her cauldron is a cannon barrel tipped sideways, boiling tiger’s milk with shark’s tears into liquid harmony.

WHY TEMPERANCE? She doesn’t tame opposites—she makes them dance.

TAOIST PIRATE SYMBOLISM

KEYWORDS (Upright):

Hǎi huǒ hé (海火合, "sea-fire union")—where cannon smoke marries wave foam.

The drunken compass (醉羅盤, zuì luópán)—spinning true only when balanced.

"Moon-blood tea" (月血茶, yuè xuè chá)—a brew that heals mutinies.

KEYWORDS (Reversed):

Zhà táng (炸糖, "exploding sugar")—sweetness turned grenade.

Wèi jiě (未解, "untransmuted")—elements that refuse to marry.

The cracked hourglass (裂沙漏, liè shālòu)—time split by imbalance.

INTERPRETATION: This card is the alchemist’s kiss—where opposite poisons become one medicine.

RITUAL: THE CANNON CAULDRON (炮鼎, Pào Dǐng)

(Inspired by Taoist external alchemy and pirate gunpowder rites)

PURPOSE: To alchemize two warring forces into liquid equilibrium.

MATERIALS:

A metal bowl (or upturned helmet).

Two liquids:

Saltwater (for the sea’s ruthlessness).

Rice wine (for the pirate’s joy).

A pinch of gunpowder (or black tea leaves).

A candle (red).

STEPS:

Light the candle inside the bowl. Name your two opposing forces aloud.

Pour the liquids simultaneously around the flame, chanting:

火焰吞噬潮水， 潮水浇灭火焰—— 双方皆无胜负， 双方都改名换姓。 Flame devours the tide, Tide quenches the flame— Neither wins, Both change name.

Add the gunpowder. Watch it hiss but not ignite—this is controlled fusion.

Extinguish the candle with the mixture. The steam is your new path.

PARALLEL MYTHOLOGY

TITLE: The Sky-Sea's Flow / The Divine Alchemy

MYTHIC ARCHETYPE: Tzovinar (Armenian Goddess of Storms and Sea-Waters)

REGION: Ancient Armenia

FORM: A powerful goddess of rain, sea, and storm. Her name means "Daughter of the Sea" or "Tidal-Nar," and she rides a fiery horse through the sky, bringing life-giving rain from the clouds to the earth and sea.

TALE: Tzovinar is a primordial force. In one myth, she quenches her thirst by drinking a full handful of sea water, which leads to her immaculate conception of the twin heroes Sanasar and Baghdasar (founding fathers of an Armenian city). This act—taking the vast, undrinkable sea and integrating it within herself to create life—is the ultimate act of temperance and alchemy. She blends the sky-world and the sea-world within her very being.

WHY TEMPERANCE? She is the act of mixing. The RWS Angel has one foot on land and one in water, pouring between two cups. Tzovinar embodies this more elementally: she is the divine rain (one cup) pouring into the great sea (the other cup). Her act of drinking the sea shows a mastery over elemental forces, not through force, but through careful integration and blending to create something new and balanced. She is the alchemical marriage of opposites.

INTERPRETATION THROUGH TZOVINAR: This card is a call to be a divine alchemist in your own life. You are being asked to blend two opposing forces—logic and emotion, work and rest, the sacred and the mundane. Like Tzovinar pouring the life-giving rain into the vast sea, you have the power to create a new, healed whole from disparate parts. Do not seek extremes. The answer lies in the "just right" middle path, the perfect mixture that brings peace and generative power.

RITUAL OF THE TWO WATERS (For Creating Harmony)

OBJECTIVE: To find balance and a "middle path" between two conflicting areas of your life (e.g., your day job and your artistic passion, your need for solitude and your need for partnership).

MATERIALS:

Two distinct cups or bowls.

Water from two different sources, if possible (e.g., tap water and rainwater, or saltwater and freshwater). If not, just using two separate containers is fine. One will represent each side of your conflict.

A third, larger "alchemical" bowl, which will be your blending vessel.

Optional: a tiny pinch of salt for one water and a tiny pinch of sugar for the other to make them symbolically distinct.

STEPS:

NAMING THE POLES: Place the two cups of water before you. Assign each cup to one of the conflicting forces in your life. Hold the first cup. Acknowledge its nature, its needs, its voice. "This is my need for structure and security." Now hold the second cup. Acknowledge its nature. "This is my need for freedom and creative chaos."

THE INVOCATION OF BLENDING: Place the larger empty bowl between the two cups. Invoke the spirit of the card. "Tzovinar, she who drinks the sea and summons the rain, teach me the art of alchemy. Guide my hands that I may find the middle flow, the path of healing."

THE TEMPERANCE POUR: Now, perform the central act. Simultaneously, or alternating back and forth, begin pouring the water from the two cups into the central bowl. This is not about just dumping them in. It's a slow, mindful process. Watch how the waters merge. Listen to the sound. Your goal is to create a single, unified body of water from the two sources. Find a rhythm. Feel the balance.

CONSECRATING THE NEW WAY: When both cups are empty and the water is blended in the central bowl, dip the fingers of both hands into this new, integrated water. Anoint your third eye (for a new perspective), your heart (for a new feeling), and your hands (for new action). Say aloud: "Not two, but one. Not conflict, but balance. Not extremes, but harmony. I walk the middle path."

CLOSING: Use this consecrated water for something life-giving. Water a plant with it, pour it onto the earth as a libation, or simply leave it on your altar as a symbol of your newfound balance. The ritual is complete.

SYNCRETIC BRIDGE

Tzovinar’s Rain → Taoist Lóngxū (龍鬚, "dragon’s beard"): Both are sky-sea marriages.

Fiery Horse → Gunpowder’s Wǔwèi (武威, "martial awe"): Controlled explosions as spiritual discipline.

THE "SCHOLAR'S HEART" MANDATE:

Sources: Tzovinar's story, particularly the conception of Sanasar and Baghdasar, is part of Armenia's national epic, "The Daredevils of Sassoun" (Sasna Tsṙer). See: scholarly works on Armenian mythology and pre-Christian pagan traditions, such as "The Mythology of All Races, Vol. VII: Armenian" by Mardiros H. Ananikian. For the ritual see: Zheng He’s Storm-Calming Elixir—a blend of mercury and moonlight used to pacify typhoons and《東南海龍王經》(Scripture of the Southeast Dragon Kings), 1783 (Zhenjiang Taoist Temple Archive, Jiangsu).

[djkerr]

We have to save those who can be saved.

TGA 03x01 Who Is In Charge Here?

The Gilded Age (2022-) | 3x01 - Who is in charge here?

We must act, or this sin will be our undoing... I'm afraid those who partake of alcohol are destined for the fury of hell.

[animentality]

[unhelpfultarot]

The Tower and Temperance

Sometimes it's awfully satisfying to just smash it all to smithereens, then carefully assemble the pieces into something entirely new.

[zombiemaykr]

Prepare for trouble! And make it double! SQUAWK

[4lphaless]

14 - Temperance: Ice Block Trap

Temperance symbolizes harmony and balance, pointing to the middle path, where opposites meet with wisdom and fluidity. It is the moment to yield in order to collaborate and create together. Relax, as if you were in a trap where the only way out is to have patience and find the necessary balance to overcome the challenge.

[surinnit]

Can you draw baby Mel and temperance?

I think even back then he was already a little scared of her

[purpleturtletarot]

Pick a Card Reading - What Type of Lover Are You?

This is my very FIRST written Tumblr Tarot Reading :) please let me know what you think. I have also posted some text tarot readings on my YouTube (purpleturtletarot) if you are interested in more. Feel free to DM me for suggested tarot reading topics. - I didn't do a lot of editing for this post, so each reading doesn't have much of a conclusion, but enjoy!

Deck Used: Heavenly Bloom by Noa Ikeda

Purple Hydrangea

Upright Nine of Swords, Upright Seven of Laurels, Upright Five of Laurels, Upright Knight of Cups

You are the type of lover that overthinks everything and may even have the capabilities to astral travel to connect with your love interests. You may have a lot of anxieties or fears of abandonment from past situations. Though, you continue to pour love, effort and investment into your partners, you sometimes feel they don't do the same in return or you're scared that they won't if it's a new love interest. You understand that healthy relationships give space for both parties to grow, and you are eager to water the seeds of a relationship and patiently watch them grow and evolve over time. Sometimes you feel your partners do not give you space to grow by being hypercritical of you not growing fast enough, or finding your evolution a threat in comparison to their own pace of growth. But you love with an open heart, you express your emotions very clearly and sometimes you are the one to admit your romantic feelings to a love interest before they do. Words of affirmation may be your strongest love language to give and receive. Service may be a significant love language for you, as well. You have a strong crown chakra, throat chakra, heart chakra, and solar plexus chakra. You take charge in expressing your heart fully in your relationships and I feel some of your peers are in awe of how you always pick yourself back up after strife in your love life. You really understand the saying that "it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all." You may let yourself feel your emotions behind closed doors for a moment, understanding that it's more constructive to work through those feelings than bottle them up. If you're single, you easily open yourself up to new opportunities for love after the fact. If your in a relationship, you easily forgive because you know forgiving is not only for your partner, but also for you. Some view you as an oasis in a desert, and water is symbolic of emotions. Some people view you as a highly empathetic, compassionate person that is rare to find in a world where people perpetuate the stigma that being emotionally expressive is weak. You teach people that showing vulnerability is a strength.

Pink Chrysanthemum

Reversed Four of Laurels, Reversed Five of Swords, Upright Three of Wands, Upright The Lovers, Reversed Six of Swords

You are the type of lover that is overly generous with your time, energy, effort and resources. You may often get taken advantage of in your partnerships and they may leave you feeling like the grass is greener on the other side. This doesn't necessarily mean with other people, but sometimes you feel it's easier to grow and achieve your goals and desires when you're single and on your own. You're highly independent, while also being a "lover-boy" or "lover-girl" deep down. You fall deeply in love very fast, and can just as easily fall out of love. You're the type to want to be very intimately close to your partner, physically and emotionally. I feel lots of scorpionic energy, and 8th house energy. You're a very nostalgic person and tend to view relationships as important lessons no matter how long or short they are. Though you are nostalgic, you are able to cut people off with a swiftness. You are able to let go of attachments easily and sever cord ties with others when they have taken advantage of your generosity and kindness for too long. And you can easily look ahead to your future, you hold a strong optimistic attitude for your next adventure in romance and love and you can daydream and visualize about it easily. Though you can easily cut past people off energetically, you may leave doors open for them to physically contact you, such as through social media and texting. You may interact with past partners, but they can very much tell that you have emotionally and mentally have moved on. You're against the drama, and are able to be civil with past partners when you see them at different events, functions or social situations involving mutual friends. You tend to wish past partners well, and it sometimes halts them in their tracks if they want to be petty or try and make you jealous.

Orange Marigold

Upright Queen of Swords, Upright Five of Cups, Neutral Temperance, Upright Eight of Cups, Upright King of Swords, Reversed Page of Laurels

You are the type of lover that is very logical and somewhat mysterious at times. Though you express yourself easily and clearly, others feels there's much more that lies beyond the surface. When you are feeling more emotional or moody, you tend to retreat to a safe place to let your guard down instead of in front of partners. Some people feel you may put a mask on of who you really are, or that you try to act more tough than you need to be. The imagery of Mulan bathing in a lake comes to mind, it's one of the only times in the movie she allows herself to "be a woman." But her friends come and disturb her from being able to fully immerse herself in her femininity, and she feels the need to hide her true self. Whether you are a man, woman or in-between. I think this means you feel guilty for showing or feeling your femininity and you lean into your masculinity. You are evolving into becoming more balanced between your feminine and masculine. I think your strength, resilience, toughness and logical attitude seduce people in ways that you can become an obsession or drug to some people, or you can sometimes get obsessive or love people like vices. I feel strong push and pull dynamics, and maybe you have an avoidant attachment style. Additionally, you sometimes over-invest or overspend you time, resources, and effort on others. Prominent love languages in your life may be gift giving or words of affirmation, whether that is giving or receiving.

[simvanie]

Some spooky screenshots for simblreen 🎃👻🕸

[sara-frog13]

I remember when I saw that frame with Mel’s photo, and I thought, "Why did Mel end up with Ken?" After some thought, it hit me—maybe Temperance just didn’t know how to handle or care for a child (which Mel was at the time).

As a robot (or someone who’d forgotten what having a body was like)—especially a scientist—he might’ve only known the basics about kids. Eventually, Temperance realized he was failing (balancing parenting and work is hard) and asked the one person he thought knew about childcare: Ken.

↑Of course, this is a comedic setup (I imagine Temperance would stubbornly keep trying to care for Mel in his own way for a long time... before finally giving up).

Why Ken, and not another Virtue? Maybe only Temperance knew about Mel, and it was meant to stay that way. Or maybe the other Virtues were just as clueless about kids as he was. Or perhaps Ken’s soft flesh and gentle nature simply felt more comforting to Mel than any other candidate.

P.S. I like to imagine that for Mel’s first year, Ken and Temperance lived together under one roof—Ken taking care of Mel as part of their deal, while Temperance worked and logged data about the human."

[komickrazi]

Box the Moray Eel

Commission piece.

Box features a mix of handsewn and airbrushed spots. Tail is removable from the body via a zipper.

Head is built on a modified 3D printed base from Fuzzbutt Fursuits

[portalibis]

Plate 7: Temperance, c. 1593-1602, copy in reverse after Jacob Matham who engraved after Goltzius

[unhelpfultarot]

Temperance and The Fool

Without even meaning to, you've stumbled into a really great combination of things.