The Sufi Tarot
“Sabr or Temperance in traditional tarot is a card about balance, patience, and a form of acceptance that connects us to our angelic nature. It points to the benefits of creating equilibrium—not just between the inner and the outer, the Baatin and the Zahir, but also between emotion and logic, the spiritual and the physical, […]
Ship of Fools Tarot
“Therefore an original treatment of Temperance (14-1), a standing fool who pours the contents of one jug of liquid into another, has been created from diverse elements of the Narrenschiff. The pitchers overflow, watering a flower growing between the fool’s feet. Temperance, as portrayed in the tarot, is properly female, and she does not spill […]
XIIII Temperance, Tarot of Marseilles, Artwork by Anna Maria Morsucci and Mattia Ottolini, Lo Scarabeo, 2021. © of all Tarot images belong to Lo Scarabeo. Used with permission.
8 Strength, New World Tarot, Cristy C. Road, Silver Sproket, 2021. Copyright Christy C. Road. Used with permission.
For Strength, resilience is embodied by a hardline firecracker who never holds back, never loses sight of their power, and doesn’t cry over spilled puke – if anything, they’re wiping off the puke with their forearm and laughing it off in a grandiose feather boa, leaving no room for their humble, natural counterpart… Strength asks […]