正位關鍵詞
- 平衡
- 適度
- 從容
- 調和
- 順勢流動
逆位關鍵詞
正位牌義
一位天使在兩隻杯之間傾水,一滴不灑。韋特給這張牌的牌義是節制、適度與調和,正位含義是中道的藝術:把相反之物調配到彼此配合。如果你的生活近來像一場拔河——責任與慾望、抱負與休息、你的計劃與他人的需要——這張牌說,二選一才是錯著。功夫在配比:每天微調混合,這週多一分休息,下週多一分推進,直到各元素開始合作。節制也勸人容忍過程:混合物需要時間沉澱,攪得更快無濟於事。這是和解之牌,是給任何過量之物——咖啡因、開銷、義憤、工時——降檔之牌,也是恢復平穩的練習之牌:做飯、走路、親手做點東西。這裡的痊癒是漸進而安靜的。追求的不是強度,而是一個你真能維持一年的節奏。
逆位牌義
逆位的節制,水灑了:平衡輸給過度、急躁,或幾股互不相容的拉力。它的簽名,是一種與自己的日程交戰的生活——萬事緊急、無事完成、自我照顧被永久推遲到一個假想中更閒的星期。找出餵養其餘失衡的那一處過量:某樣好東西太多——工作、憂慮、幫忙、輸入——把別的都擠了出去。這張牌也標記彼此相斥的組合:違背本性被綁在一起的承諾、人或項目,出於慣性而非匹配地維持著,並請你誠實盤點什麼真的能融合、什麼只是裝作能。急躁是逆位的第三張臉:催熟生長、催趕過程、把適度當無聊。恢復始於一個刻意的配重——更早的一夜、歇的一天、合適的一份——並把那個選擇當作重要,而非放縱。你不需要一種新生活,你需要眼前這種重新配平。從最滿的那隻杯開始,倒回去一點。
古典選段 — The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part I
The winged figure of a female—who, in opposition to all doctrine concerning the hierarchy of angels, is usually allocated to this order of ministering spirits—is pouring liquid from one pitcher to another. In his last work on the Tarot, Dr. Papus abandons the traditional form and depicts a woman wearing an Egyptian head-dress. The first thing which seems clear on the surface is that the entire symbol has no especial connexion with Temperance, and the fact that this designation has always obtained for the card offers a very obvious instance of a meaning behind meaning, which is the title in chief to consideration in respect of the Tarot as a whole.