Temperance Reversed Tarot Card Meaning

Read on as we examine Temperance reversed in various situations for more answers.

Temperance Reversed Love and Relationships

Getting Temperance reversed as a single asking about your love life suggests love may feel blocked by emotional instability or impatience. You may be jumping into new relationships too quickly; and that’s almost always a recipe for disaster! Avoid alternating by clinginess due to a fear of loneliness and pushing others away to keep your independence. Alternatively, this card can serve as a warning about entering relationships with emotionally instable people.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about a new potential relationship suggests one or both of you are experiencing very intense emotions in this dynamic. This may not be immediately obvious, but there’s an unspoken neediness and desperation that has the potential to create a lot of chaos. You need to calibrate the relationship, or walk away from it.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about your current relationship suggests you two may be out of sync. This could be sexually, emotionally or physically. One of you may be trying to over-accommodate, or control the other, while the other has taken the more passive, or dependent role. This card is a reminder that you can’t fix relationship issues with extremes.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about your ex suggests the relationship may have been filled with drama, push and pulls, or obsessive ways of relating. You’ve learned a lot since then, but you’re still dealing with emotional whiplash. No, it won’t be different this time. Focus on healing yourself first.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about your crush hints that you may be obsessing over or idealizing this person. There is possible limerence here, too. You’ve given this person more control over your emotional state than they should have. Start working on grounding yourself emotionally, or go no contact for your own sanity.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about your child says that your child may be dealing with challenges related to emotional, sensory or behavioral regulation. You may also be responding in a way that amplifies these behaviors. Temperance reversed urges you to ground yourself before responding. Only when you’re calm, will your child calm in return.

Temperance reversed when asking about a current friendship indicates a disturbance of harmony and peace in this relationship. There may be fundamental incompatibilities or unresolved tensions that are rupturing this friendship. It’s time for both of you to slow down and find common ground. Otherwise, the friendship may not last long-term.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about a former friendship suggest this friendship likely collapsed due to power struggles, unmet needs or emotional instability. There may have been a push/pull dynamic between the two of you, or a constant bickering. You’re now reclaiming your inner peace and can leave that chapter behind you.

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about an enemy suggests this person may be intentionally manipulative, disruptive or chaotic. This card is a warning not to get drawn into their mess and stay out of the storm. They stick out, or will, like a sore thumb, so no action needed on your part.

Temperance Reversed Career and Money

Getting Temperance reversed when asking about a potential career idea or new job suggests you may be pursuing this too hard, too fast and ignoring signs of burnout. Temperance reversed is a warning against burnout, and it is asking you to slow down and breathe. You’ll get there faster by pacing yourself.

Temperance reversed when asking about your job or career suggests you may be in chaotic or toxic work environment, which you’re trying to compensate for emotionally. Temperance reversed is a warning not to trade your peace of mind for job stability.

Looking to start a new business? Getting Temperance reversed when asking about a potential business idea suggests you may be chasing too many things at once, or are attempting to force launch something without a proper plan. Pull back and reassess. Not everything needs to be done, and not every audience is your audience.

For your current business, getting Temperance reversed suggests there may be a lack of boundaries or burnout involved and you’re suffering for it. You may be trying to serve too many masters. Recalibrate your time, your energy and your investments.

Temperance reversed when asking about your finances and money suggests there may be splurges or binge spending followed by miserliness. It’s time to meet in the middle in how you manage your money. You don’t have to be perfect, but you do need to be consistent. Only then can you grow financially.

Temperance Reversed Pregnancy

For a potential pregnancy, Temperance reversed suggests possible imbalance or disharmony. If you’re wondering if you’re pregnant, the answer leans toward no. Relationship stress, lack of proper self-care or behavioral extremes may be leading to issues surrounding pregnancy. Moderation, rest and emotional regulation can help your body get back into alignment.